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Lane Powell PC Document Search Results (31) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Washington Supreme Court "Clarifies" That Sellers Cannot "Add" B&O Tax to the Selling Price Regardless of Disclosure, But Can "Include" B&O Tax as Part of the Selling Price
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Legal Alert/Article May 11, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 The Washington Supreme Court recently held that businesses are statutorily barred from recouping Business and Occupation (“B&O”) tax as an added charge to the selling price, regardless of disclosure. In answering a question certified to it by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,...
| | EEOC Broadens Enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
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Legal Alert/Article May 11, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the agency charged with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws, has recently taken two steps to broaden the scope of enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. First, the EEOC has issued updated guidance regarding...
| | NLRB Posting Requirement Suspended Indefinitely
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Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 On April 17, employers obtained a reprieve from a new rule requiring them to post the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) notice explaining workers’ collective bargaining and other labor rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an emergency...
| | Fourth Circuit Revives Question Regarding Use of Trademarks as Keywords and in Google Ads
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Legal Alert/Article April 13, 2012, previously published on April 11, 2012 Can trademarks be used by a competitor as keywords and in ad text? The answers to those questions were discussed in an opinion recently issued by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 7082.
| | Coming Soon to a Start-up Near You: Crowdfunded Capital
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Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 When small business clients learn about the barriers to sourcing capital imposed by U.S. securities laws, perhaps the most consistent theme is one of frustration. The prohibition on general solicitation of investors imposed by Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the...
|  | Design Professionals to Benefit from Changes to Construction Indemnity Statute
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Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on March 30, 2012 Washington Governor Christine Gregoire has signed into law SHB 1559, which clarifies the scope of the so-called “anti-indemnity statute” (RCW 4.24.115) and now specifically includes design professionals within its coverage. The anti-indemnity statute voids any indemnity provision in a...
| | Washington Supreme Court: Independent Duty Rule Doesn’t Bar Contractor’s Tort Claims, But Facts Do
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Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 2, 2012 The Washington Supreme Court continues to keep parties to construction contracts guessing about when remedies might be available, other than those set forth in the contract itself. The issue has been less than clear since the Court’s 2010 ruling in Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation Inc.,...
| | IRS to Extend 7.5 Percent Federal Excise Tax to Cover Business Aircraft Operations
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Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 3, 2012 If your aircraft is managed by a third party (or potentially by a related entity), or if your company manages aircraft, the IRS’s recent guidance expanding the applicability of federal excise tax will significantly impact your costs and tax collection obligations.
| | Supreme Court Rules Subject Matter That is Effectively a Natural Process is Unpatentable
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Legal Alert/Article March 29, 2012, previously published on March 28, 2012 The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that a process that essentially defines how a law of nature works is unpatentable subject matter. The decision overruled a Federal Circuit holding that the claimed process was patent eligible due to significant physical limitations enumerated in...
| | Hearing on Proposed New Rules Could Dramatically Impact B&O Taxes for Service Industry Businesses
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Legal Alert/Article March 27, 2012, previously published on March 26, 2012 The Washington State Department of Revenue (“Department”) has recently announced that it will be holding a hearing on April 19 in Olympia on two proposed permanent rules implementing single factor receipts apportionment. Proposed Rule 19402 is the general rule that will apply to most...
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