2018
SUPREME COURT ISSUES 5–4 OPINION IN HIGH–PROFILE STATE TAX CASE
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn June 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., the most significant state tax case to face the high court in decades. In a narrow, 5-4 decision, the Court overruled long–standing precedent, announced first in National Bellas Hess v. Department of Revenue of Illinois (1967) and...
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George Isaacson Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn July 25, 2017, Senior Partner George Isaacson gave testimony to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC. His subject was state regulatory overreach and its negative impact on American business and consumers. In his testimony, available here, Isaacson addressed the increasing problem of extra–territorial...
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Brann & Isaacson Files Challenge To Massachusetts Rule Targeting Internet Retailers
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn Friday, June 9, 2017, American Catalog Mailers Association and NetChoice filed suit against the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue to block implementation of a Massachusetts rule, due to go into effect on July 1, 2017, under which certain Internet retailers without any physical presence in Massachusetts would nonetheless be required to collect...
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