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How does tax policy go from an idea to enacted law? In this episode of “Tax Stuff You Should Know,” hosts Bob Pluth and Gene Magidenko sit down with former US Congressman and longtime tax policy leader Phil English to explore the process behind tax legislation and what it means for taxpayers, businesses, and policymakers.
On July 31, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, affirmed the dismissal of a Proposition 65 enforcement action in Consumer Protection Group, LLC v. Signal Brands, LLC, holding that a prior consent judgment entered in a separate private enforcement action barred the subsequent suit under res judicata.
Oregon’s win in the first federal trial over a packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law is a practical warning to companies facing the spread of EPR programs: courts may not treat complexity, cost, or multi-state compliance burdens as sufficient grounds to invalidate these laws.
In this episode of Five Questions, Five Answers, Birgit Matthiesen, David R. Hamill, James Kim, and Antonio J. Rivera explore the complexities of tariffs, including stacking, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) implications, and enterprise risk management amidst global trade tensions.
If you use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to draft, edit, or proofread content, those tools may now leave invisible fingerprints in the text they produce. These fingerprints are not metadata or hidden characters but are embedded within the actual words of the textual output.
On August 26, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied all petitions for review challenging the portion of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 framework rule for new chemical reviews addressing how persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals (PBTs) are evaluated for exemptions from the premanufacture notice (PMN) process under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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On July 13, the US Department of Defense/War (DoD) announced the immediate suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2 requirements, which previously were scheduled to go into effect November 10. Contractors were subsequently invited to comment on the future of the CMMC.
On June 17, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally denied a citizen petition requesting that the agency establish temporary tolerance levels and action levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain foods.
“Whether ‘tis nobler to deviate from the RLD and rely on established data, or take arms against a sea of troubles with a bioequivalent product that conforms to the sameness requirement — that is the question.” That might have been Shakespeare’s opening to Hamlet, had the Bard traded quills for regulatory submissions and Denmark for the District of Delaware or New Jersey.
On August 17, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision in Contento Suquilanda v. Skyway Roofing, Inc., affirming summary judgment in favor of a general contractor on both retained-control negligence and negligent hiring claims brought by a subcontractor’s injured employee.
A federal court just issued a multimillion trade dress disgorgement award, and within a month, the defendant filed for bankruptcy.
Nonprofit organizations often maintain significant cash balances for operations, reserves, and restricted gifts. When those amounts exceed available deposit insurance limits, uninsured deposits can raise important legal and operational considerations.
Health care providers using skin substitutes now face a two-front enforcement campaign. On August 5, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada indicted physician Dr. Stephen Dubin on health care fraud charges, alleging a $95 million illegal kickback scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts.
Welcome to the August 2026 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and significant insights in an accessible format, concluding with our main takeaways — aka “And the Fox Says…” — on what you need to know.
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The Texas Attorney General’s office recently announced a settlement of nearly $34 million with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The settlement resolves allegations that AstraZeneca violated the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (THFPA) — the state-law analog to the federal False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) — in connection with the sale of 17 of the company’s drugs.
In a recent Federal Register notice, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is conducting a Section 610 review of its Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products rule.
Family offices depend on a web of trusted advisors — lawyers, accountants, trustees, investment managers, and others — sharing sensitive information under carefully maintained protections. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are quickly becoming part of that web.
In Sala v. Premier Imaging Holdings, LLC, 240 Conn. App. 793, 2026 WL 2220267 (Conn. App. Aug. 4, 2026), the Connecticut Appellate Court affirmed the trial court’s decision to overturn an arbitration award that had declared a physician noncompete “valid and binding,” because the arbitration award enforced a restrictive covenant that exceeded the one-year and 15-mile limits for physician noncompetes allowed under CT Gen Stat § 20-14p.
On August 18, the DC Circuit handed down its decision in Chamber of Commerce v. EPA, unanimously upholding the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) — and in doing so, unlocked the law’s powerful enforcement tools against two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds.
New York City’s Pied-à-Terre (PAT) surcharge, pursuant to New York State Tax Law Article 30-C, officially took effect on July 1, 2026. The PAT is an annual property tax aimed at individuals who own a residential property in New York City that is not their primary residence. The annual surcharge applies retroactively to January 1, 2026, and sunsets on June 30, 2031, unless extended by the New York State Legislature.
The national race to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is colliding with a stubborn local reality: strategically important projects have to be built somewhere.
On August 11, out-of-network health care providers scored an important, although not complete, victory under the federal No Surprises Act (NSA) when the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued its decision in Texas Medical Association v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, No. 23-40605.