State & Local
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June 30, 2025
Florida To Eliminate Business Rent Tax
Florida will eliminate its business rent tax under budget-related legislation signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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June 30, 2025
Michigan General Revenue Climbs $700M From Last Year
Michigan's general fund revenue from October through May beat last year's total by $700 million, the State Budget Office said Monday.
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June 30, 2025
NJ Senate Confirms Tax Agency's Top Official
The New Jersey state Senate unanimously confirmed Monday the acting director of the state's Division of Taxation as the agency's top official.
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June 30, 2025
Ariz. Boosts Personal Property Tax Exemption For Cos.
Arizona is boosting its personal property tax exemption for businesses and expanding other tax breaks under legislation signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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June 30, 2025
Delaware Net Receipts Rise $151M From Last Year
Delaware's net receipts from July through May outpaced last fiscal year's total for that span by $151 million, according to the state Department of Finance.
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June 30, 2025
RI Allows Local Tax Amnesty Programs For Every 3 Years
Rhode Island authorized municipalities to establish local tax amnesty programs every three years to give people and businesses a chance to resolve outstanding property tax liabilities without accruing interest under legislation signed by the governor.
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June 30, 2025
Oregon SALT Cap Fix To Expire After Lawmakers Adjourn
Oregon's workaround of the federal cap on the income tax deduction for state and local taxes remains set to expire after this year after lawmakers adjourned the state legislative session without passing a measure to extend the fix.
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June 30, 2025
Maine General Revenues Beat Forecast By $36M
Maine's general fund revenue from July through May outpaced estimates by $36 million, according to a report by the state's Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
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June 30, 2025
Justices Pass On Free Speech Challenge To Ga. Strip Club Tax
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review a decision by Georgia's highest court that said a state tax on strip clubs that's used to fund efforts to address child trafficking does not violate the First Amendment.
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June 30, 2025
Justices Won't Review Taxing Of Power Plant On Tribal Land
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a power company's claims that federal law protects a power plant it owns on tribal land in Arizona from property taxes.
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June 28, 2025
GOP Senators Pursue Vote On Wide-Ranging Budget Bill
The Senate was gearing up Saturday to vote on a sweeping Republican budget resolution that would permanently renew expiring tax rates and business breaks, dismantle dozens of clean energy incentives and slash healthcare spending.
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June 27, 2025
Senate Parliamentarian Cuts Key Tax Provisions In Budget
The Senate parliamentarian blocked key tax, healthcare and other provisions in the GOP's $3.8 trillion budget plan from qualifying for filibuster-proof votes on the Senate floor Friday, prompting Senate lawmakers to huddle with her behind closed doors into the evening.
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June 27, 2025
Alaska Authorizes Corp. Tax Credits For Child Care Donations
Alaska authorized corporate income tax credits for donations to child care facilities operated by employers for children of a taxpayer's employees under a bill signed by the governor.
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June 27, 2025
Maine Adopts Sourcing Rule Without 'Ambiguous' Wording
Maine adopted a clarification to its rule on sourcing business receipts from services, keeping updated language on recordkeeping but eliminating a proposal sourcing receipts to where they are "acquired or experienced" after groups warned the language was "ambiguous."
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June 27, 2025
Mass. Justices Pass On Tech Founder's $4.7M Stock Tax Fight
Massachusetts' top court turned away a nonresident couple's appeal of a judgment finding them liable for state taxes on a $4.7 million capital gain from the sale of stock in a technology company one of them co-founded in the state.
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June 27, 2025
Nelson Mullins Looks To Beat The Opportunity Zone Curve
As Congress debates President Donald Trump's budget bill, which would extend the opportunity zone program started in his Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Nelson Mullins has ramped up the firm's practice in anticipation of a steady flow of investment work there, one of the group's leaders told Law360 Real Estate Authority.
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June 27, 2025
Virginia Medical Lab Denied Sales Tax Break For Reagents
An operator of medical diagnostic laboratories in Virginia was correctly denied a refund of sales and use taxes on its purchases of reagents used for analysis of blood and urine samples, the Virginia Tax Commissioner said.
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June 27, 2025
SC Revenue Through May Jumps $1B From Last Year
South Carolina's gross general revenue collection from July through May outpaced the total for the same period last fiscal year by roughly $1 billion, according to a report by the state Board of Economic Advisors.
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June 27, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.
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June 26, 2025
La. Court Upholds Tax Refund For Medication Purchases
A medical care company's purchases of prescription drugs are exempt from Louisiana sales and use tax under the Medicare exclusion, a state appeals panel ruled, affirming a board ruling that upheld a nearly $90,000 refund of New Orleans taxes paid.
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June 26, 2025
Wash. Panel Presses Co. On Whether It's A Manufacturer
A Washington state appellate panel had questions Thursday for a medical technology company challenging a trial court finding that it remained a manufacturer and was not entitled to favorable tax treatment despite spinning off an entity for that purpose.
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June 26, 2025
NJ Senate Panel Advances Nomination For Tax Director
The acting director of New Jersey's Division of Taxation moved a step closer to being confirmed as the agency's leader Thursday, as the state Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination to the Senate floor.
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June 26, 2025
Mich. Nature Center Ineligible For Tax Break During Repairs
A nature center in Michigan lost its eligibility for a property tax exemption when it was closed to the public to repair damage to its trails, the state's Tax Tribunal ruled.
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June 26, 2025
NY Judge OKs Atty Fees In Dance Club's $2M Sales Tax Win
New York state's tax agency must pay attorney fees to a New York City dance club that prevailed in its challenge to a $2 million sales tax bill on its admission charges, a state administrative law judge said in a determination published Thursday.
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June 26, 2025
Mich. Senate OKs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credits
Michigan would create a tax credit to promote the production of sustainable aviation fuel under two bills passed by the state Senate.
Expert Analysis
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Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Tax Takeaways From Georgia's 2025 Legislative Session
Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland discuss tax-related measures passed by the Georgia Legislature during the session that adjourned on April 4, which included a decrease in income tax rates, an extension of the time in which to a protest tax assessment and cleanup provisions related to launching the state’s new tax court next year.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Cookies, Cribs, Curiousness: SALT In Review
From Massachusetts' cookie-based take on a federal law to Pennsylvania's proposed tax exemption for cribs, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Measuring And Mitigating Harm From Discriminatory Taxes
In response to new tariffs and other recent "America First Trade Policy" pronouncements, corporations should assess and take steps to minimize their potential exposure to discriminatory and reciprocal tax measures that are likely to come, say economists at Charles River Associates.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.