by Mallory Schowe | May 16, 2024
Income tax reporting obligations do not cease at death. In fact, there may be multiple taxpayers required to file income tax returns after the death of an individual. For example, the decedent, the executor of the decedent’s estate and trustees of trusts created by...
by Christine Stackhouse | May 8, 2024
The following is an updated version of an advisory first issued on April 30. The original advisory addressed only the Department of Commerce Interim Final Rule. It has been updated to address the subsequent Department of State Proposed Rule. In accordance with the...
by Christine Stackhouse | May 7, 2024
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed two per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals — commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” — as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...
by Kelly Sweeney | May 2, 2024
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) has announced its intention to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, a move with quite significant potential consequences. This reclassification would profoundly alter the risk of use of...
by Christine Stackhouse | Apr 30, 2024
On April 19, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an Interim Final Rule (the “IFR”) that dramatically reduced export license requirements for exports, reexports, and transfers of items subject to the Export...