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  • July 11, 2025

    Pa. Revenue Up $321M From Forecast For Fiscal Year

    Pennsylvania collected $321 million more in general fund revenue than expected in fiscal year 2025, according to a report released Friday by the state's Department of Revenue.

  • July 11, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Cassels

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Merck buys U.K. drugmaker Verona Pharma, CoreWeave acquires fellow data center company Core Scientific, Royal Gold acquires Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper, and Italian food company Ferrero buys WK Kellogg.

  • July 11, 2025

    Calif. Revenue Tops Forecast For Year By $3.7B

    California's net revenue collection in the fiscal year that ended last month outpaced an estimate by $3.7 billion, the state controller's office reported.

  • July 11, 2025

    Minn. Revenue Surpasses Estimate By $847M

    Minnesota's total revenue from July 2024 through June beat an estimate by $847 million, according to the state's management and budget office.

  • July 11, 2025

    Minn. Tax Court Boosts Value Of Macy's Property By $6M

    The Minnesota Tax Court boosted the tax valuation of a Macy's store by nearly $6 million, adopting elements of the local assessor's cost analysis and finding that that property's highest and best use was its continued operation as an anchor department store.

  • July 10, 2025

    Pa. Sens. Unveil Bipartisan Plan To Legalize Marijuana

    Pennsylvania lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a new bipartisan legislative proposal to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana in the Keystone State, after a previous proposal to legalize the sale of pot through state-run stores failed in the state Senate.

  • July 10, 2025

    Missouri Creates Exemptions For Capital Gains, Sales Tax

    Missouri will exempt capital gains from the state's income tax and create sales tax exemptions for broadband equipment, feminine hygiene products and diapers under a bill the state's governor signed Thursday.

  • July 10, 2025

    Cannabis Tax Hike Delay Clears Calif. Senate Committee

    California would delay a statutorily required increase to its cannabis excise tax by five years, reinstating a lower rate that was in place before July 1, under a bill advanced by the state Senate's Revenue and Taxation Committee.

  • July 10, 2025

    Mass. Panel Cuts Shopping Center's Tax Value By $1.5M

    A Massachusetts panel lowered the tax valuation of a shopping center by about $1.5 million in an opinion released Thursday, an amount less than what the property's owner sought.

  • July 10, 2025

    Texas Gov. Calls Special Session To Tackle Local Property Tax

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation calling the Legislature to a special session later this month, outlining nearly two dozen agenda items including limiting property tax increases by local jurisdictions.

  • July 10, 2025

    Ga. General Fund Receipts Through June Up $668M

    Georgia's general fund receipts in the 2025 fiscal year were $668 million higher than in the last fiscal year, according to the state Department of Revenue.

  • July 10, 2025

    Mass. Tax Panel Rejects Effort To Cut $1.45M Condo Value

    The owner of a Massachusetts condo unit failed to present adequate evidence to lower its assessment of $1.45 million, the state's Appellate Tax Board said in an opinion released Thursday, rejecting the owner's comparable sales analyses.

  • July 09, 2025

    Pacific Life Calls $11M Florida Income Tax Unconstitutional

    Pacific Life Insurance Co. asked a Florida court to void a $10.7 million income tax assessment on its sale of interest in an aircraft financing and leasing group, saying the state's tax agency incorrectly classified the gain as business income.

  • July 09, 2025

    Colorado Activists Pitch Fee-Limiting Ballot Measures

    Colorado would modify its Taxpayer's Bill of Rights to require voter approval of certain fee increases that fund similar purposes under a group of proposed ballot initiatives submitted to the state Legislative Council.

  • July 09, 2025

    Nashville Owners Must Face The Music As Tax Burden Surges

    Property owners in Nashville are facing greater tax burdens in light of a recent jump in property valuations. Burr & Forman partner John F. Rogers Jr., a veteran real estate attorney in the city, spoke recently with Law360 Real Estate Authority about the market's evolution and how he is advising clients on approaching these latest financial developments.

  • July 09, 2025

    Fund Servicer Contests Fla. Income Allocation In $10M Case

    A company that services mutual funds asked a Florida state court to negate a $10 million income tax assessment, arguing that the state applied the wrong sourcing rules and taxed receipts that shouldn't be sourced to the state.

  • July 09, 2025

    State And Local Tax Policy To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

    From state decisions on conforming to the federal budget reconciliation bill to North Carolina lawmakers trying to end an impasse over income tax cuts, state legislators are primed to consider several outstanding tax issues in the coming months. Here, Law360 examines state and local tax policy to watch in the second half of 2025.

  • July 09, 2025

    Calif. Court Says Utility Property Can Be Taxed At Higher Rate

    AT&T unit Pacific Bell and other telecommunication companies can be taxed at a different property tax rate because the state statute and legal precedent allows utilities to be taxed at different rates, a California appellate court ruled.

  • July 09, 2025

    5 Years Ago, The McGirt Ruling Reshaped Tribal Jurisdiction

    It was widely held for decades that Oklahoma had domain over criminal matters on tribal lands, but five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court turned that regime on its head, finding 19th century federal treaties with the Creek Nation that formed its reservation are valid — and, in turn, reestablishing 45% of the Sooner State as Indian Country.

  • July 09, 2025

    Pa. Senate Bill Seeks Severance Tax On Natural Gas In 2026

    Pennsylvania would establish a severance tax on producers of natural gas starting in 2026 under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

  • July 09, 2025

    NH Annual Receipts Down $26M From Budget Estimates

    New Hampshire's total receipts for the year ending in June were $26 million weaker than expected, according to the state Department of Administrative Services.

  • July 09, 2025

    Conn. OKs Credit For Challenges To Remote Worker Taxes

    Connecticut is establishing a personal income tax credit for residents working remotely in the state who successfully challenge taxes imposed by other states under legislation signed by the governor.

  • July 09, 2025

    Baker McKenzie Rehires Int'l Tax Pro As Principal Economist

    Baker McKenzie's former director of economics, who spent more than 15 years as an IRS assistant director in a division that focuses on cross-border tax issues, has rejoined the firm after working with EY.

  • July 08, 2025

    Kansas Extends STAR Bonds To Continue Chiefs, Royals Talks

    Kansas lawmakers have approved a one-year extension of the state's Sales Tax and Revenue bonds while the Missouri-based Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals continue talks with officials about migrating to Kansas.

  • July 08, 2025

    Former Homeowners Land Cert. In Ill. Property Tax Sale Suit

    An Illinois federal court has certified a class of Cook County residents who were stripped of excess equity when their residential properties were sold to recoup property taxes, overriding county objections that homeowners should have to litigate cases individually.

Expert Analysis

  • Colorado Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    In the third quarter of 2024, Colorado's banking and financial services sector faced both regulatory updates and changes to state law due to recent federal court decisions — with consequences for local governments, mortgage lenders, state-chartered trust companies and federally chartered lenders serving Colorado consumers, says Sarah Auchterlonie at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Frames Of Deference: SALT In Review

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    From a challenge to New York state regulations that follows on the end of Chevron deference to a court ruling siding with the Nebraska Revenue Department's view of a tax deduction, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls

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    Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Local Taxes And Repercussions: SALT In Review

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    From a study of local taxes to news that corporations will relocate to tax-friendlier places, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Financial Incentives May Alleviate Affordable Housing Crisis

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    There is a wide array of financial incentives and assistance that the government can provide to both real estate developers and individuals to chip away at the housing affordability problem from multiple angles, say Eric DeBear and Madeline Williams at Cozen.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

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