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Does Your Business Qualify as Small? The Answer Just Got More Complicated

At the end of 2018, the President signed the Small Business Runway Extension Act.  Without much fanfare, the Act delivers a major shakeup to the Federal small business community. Before the Act, a business would determine its size by calculating … Continue reading

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What’s the Purpose of a Bid Protest? Section 809 Panel Suggests An Answer

Counseling clients and prospective clients on a potential bid protest, we often ask: Why would you like to file this protest? Of course, the answer inevitably involves the discussion of a flaw (or several) in the evaluation process that, had … Continue reading

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Supreme Court will answer Ninth Circuit public works prevailing wage question

The Supreme Court today agreed to answer the Ninth Circuit’s California law question in Busker v. Wabtec Corp.  In September, the federal court asked for help determining whether a state prevailing wage law applies to certain workers on part of … Continue reading

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When Can an Estate or Trust Distribute IRD to a Charity and Receive an Income Tax Charitable Deduction?—The Answer is not Simple

Ladson Boyle and Jonathan G. Blattmachr, IRD and Charities: The Separate Share Regulations and the Economic Effect Requirement, 52 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 369 (2018). Michael Yu Can an estate or trust with charitable and non-charitable beneficiaries (1) … Continue reading

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Recent Critiques of Post-Sale Confusion: Is Materiality the Answer?

Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman are well known as the authors of the book, The Knock-Off Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation (2012). In their new article, Rethinking Post-Sale Confusion, Raustiala and Sprigman level a critique at "post-sale confusion" theory that supports many … Continue reading

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