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We're joined this week by Scott Lincicome, trade attorney and adjunct professor at The Cato Institute and Duke Law. We cover Scott's viral t-shirt design, the latest in retaliatory tariff news, and many other updates in the global Trade War....

This is the seventh installment of Bracewell Tax Report articles describing the new rules applicable to partnership audits under the Internal Revenue Code and the related proposed and final Treasury regulations. Each installment focuses on certain aspects of these rules...

This week we are joined in the Lobby Shop by Kyle Kondik, Managing Editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball out of the UVA Center for Politics. Josh, Liam, and Kyle talk Midterms, key swing states, the current political climate's impact on...

With Congress wrapping up its Summer work and August recess rapidly approaching, the tax agenda for the remainder of the year has started to come into focus. With hopes for a ride on the must-pass aviation bill all but dashed,...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) contains many changes that could act as potential traps for the unwary. Included among these are deductions that were eliminated or limited by the TCJA. In this installment, we will be discussing three...

After two weeks off, Josh, Paul, and Liam discuss the on-air discovery of Justice Kennedy's retirement from SCOTUS in episode 55 and what has happened in the time since. We also dive into the way the President talks about tariff...

Bracewell's Annie Allison shares the crucial steps that companies must take to protect their brand on cyberspace.

In a post-GDPR world, it’s really important not to underestimate the value of UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy) and URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System) complaints. They are still going to be valuable and useful when you are pursuing domain name...

Bracewell's Annie Allison shares how the post-GDPR era impacts domain name enforcement.

Bankruptcy law and environmental law often are in tension with one another. The former seeks to accelerate a debtor’s liabilities into a net present value to determine creditor distributions. The latter encourages parties to manage environmental and decommissioning liabilities over...

With apologies to movie fans everywhere, this briefing has nothing to do with Tom Cruise’s 1983 comedy or the Harry Potter films. Rather, it actually concerns the recent English High Court decision in Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited -v- Tullow Ghana...

On June 29, 2018 Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden of the Southern District of Mississippi entered judgments against Malachi Financial Products, Inc., and its president and sole shareholder, Porter B. Bingham, for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...

Last month, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proclaimed, “In an era of weakened federal government oversight, strong state regulation is essential in order to safeguard our markets, ensure strong consumer protections and hold regulated entities accountable...

On June 18, 2018, the IRS issued proposed Treasury regulations (the 2018 Regulations) that, if finalized, would withdraw certain proposed and temporary Treasury regulations issued in 2016 related to the allocation of partnership liabilities (the 2016 Regulations). In their place,...

The estimable Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee has had it with the annual “extenders” charade. House tax-writers will sort through the list of temporary tax provisions and determine once and for all what deserves to be part of...