2024
California Court Confirms Invalidity of California Tax Rules, Awards ACMA over $330,000 in Attorney Fees
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn February 13, 2024, in a lawsuit brought by Brann & Isaacson on behalf of the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) against the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman issued orders on post-judgment motions affirming the ACMA’s victory and awarding the association attorney fees of $332,895.50 and costs...
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2024
Peter Brann and Eamonn Hart Prevail in VPPA Lawsuit
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsBrann & Isaacson lawyers, Peter Brann and Eamonn Hart, won a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of California brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act against, Boden, a British clothing retailer. B&I argued that it was wholly insubstantial to claim that the VPPA applied to showing a small snippet of...
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2024
Kevin Haley and Adam Mooney Pen MaineBiz Article on Trademarks for CBD Products
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn February 7, 2024, MaineBiz published an article by attorneys Kevin Haley and Adam Mooney on the trademark issues relating to cannabis products and their suppliers, entitled, “How to find a path to trademark protection for CBD products.” Haley and Mooney discuss the difficulties of securing trademark protections for products that are legal recreationally in...
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2024
David Bertoni and David Swetnam-Burland Publish Article on Private Tax Enforcement in Tax Notes State
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn January 29, 2024, Tax Notes State published the latest article by attorneys David Bertoni and David Swetnam-Burland in Brann & Isaacson’s Eyes on e-Commerce series, “New Year, Old Threats: Private Tax Enforcement Looks Back to the Future” (subscription required). The authors highlight recent developments in the private enforcement of state tax laws that practitioners...
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2023
Brann & Isaacson Obtain Dismissal of Another Website Accessibility Case
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsBrann & Isaacson lawyers, Peter Brann and Hannah Wurgaft, obtained dismissal of another website accessibility case filed in NY state court by Mizrahi Kroub, the law firm that has filed more of these types of cases in NY than any other law firm. This case had been filed in NY Supreme Court in Queens against...
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2023
California Court Invalidates Unlawful Franchise Tax Board Regulations
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn December 13, 2023, in a lawsuit brought by Brann & Isaacson on behalf of the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) against the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued an order that two 2022 publications of the FTB are void as invalid “underground regulations,” indicating that he will...
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2023
Brann & Isaacson 2023 Holiday Announcement
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsBrann & Isaacson would like to extend our warmest thanks and best wishes during this holiday season, which has been a challenging one. We have appreciated the outpouring of support and concern of clients, friends, opposing counsel, and former colleagues from literally around the world in the aftermath of the terrible mass shooting in Lewiston,...
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2023
Brann & Isaacson Lawyers Get Another ADA Website Case Dismissed
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsBrann & Isaacson lawyers Peter Brann and Hannah Wurgaft obtained dismissal of another ADA website case in the Southern District of New York. On behalf of Electric Bike Technologies, they obtained court permission to file a motion to dismiss. Faced with that motion, rather than continue with the case, the plaintiff’s counsel, Mars Khaimov, who...
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2023
Brann & Isaacson Proudly Continues to Support the Maine Diversity Summer Associate (D1L) Program
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsAt Brann & Isaacson, we recognize and appreciate the importance of creating a workplace environment that accepts and draws from a range of backgrounds and perspectives to ensure that our clients, attorneys, and employees all benefit from our best work informed by diverse viewpoints. To that end, we are pleased to announce our continuing participation...
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2023
Kevin Haley and Adam Mooney Publish MaineBiz Piece on Trademarks and CBD Products
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsIn a November 7, 2023, MaineBiz article, “How to find a path to trademark protection for CBD products,” Brann & Isaacson’s Kevin Haley and Adam Mooney address the tricky legal issues confronting businesses lawfully selling products derived from marijuana under state law that want to protect their trademarks. Haley and Mooney discuss the complex federal...
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