Wednesday, May 12, 2021
On May 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“DC Court”) vacated a nationwide eviction moratorium order issued by the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in
Alabama Association of Realtors, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
1 (the “Decision”). The DC Court found that the CDC exceeded its authority in issuing such moratorium on nationwide evictions of rental properties and that the CDC Order should be set aside. The Decision was immediately appealed by the Justice Department on behalf of the CDC and the ruling has been stayed pending such appeal.
Real Water faces lawsuit after 5-year-old girl gets seriously ill: It was excruciating
Many people buy bottled water because they believe it s healthier but federal investigators are now looking into questions about one particular brand of bottled water sold in several states.
In a YouTube video, Real Water founder Brent Jones said the benefits of his company s bottled alkaline water include assisting with better cellular hydration and creating an antioxidant effect on the body.
The water was sold nationwide and the company offered home delivery of five-gallon bottles in Las Vegas to people like Ryan and Arika Carrier. The family says they thought they were getting the best water that they could drink and liked the taste of it. Their 2-year-old son Finn and 5-year-old daughter Hera drank it too, but last year, Hera started getting sick.
Vampire Power Drains Our Finances and Resources Here s How to Eliminate It
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We all know vampires as the movie monsters that drink our blood, but vampire
power does something much worse: it drains energy and our finances. Often coming out at night when you re sleeping (or during the day when you re at work), vampire power slowly sucks the power out of your TV, computer, Alexa, Google Home, and other smart devices throughout the house, costing you more money and wasting resources.
Harvard University explains that vampire power is also known as standby power, or the power used when devices like TVs, microwaves, scanners, and printers use power even when turned off. And according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Library, vampire power accounts for typically five to 10 percent of residential energy use in most developed countries. Additionally, this standby power use is responsible for approximately one percent of global CO2 emissions. All that for power we don t even need
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Today, the Tax Trotter is pleased to present an article by her international tax partner Douglas S. Stransky. This article is the first installment in the 2-part post focusing on the Adams Challenge case.
In today s blog, we look at the most draconian tax rule in the world and examine whether the rule is valid. In addition, we examine a recent United States Tax Court case where the court upheld this draconian rule against a UK company,
Adams Challenge (UK) Ltd. v. Commissioner, 154 T.C. 37 (2020).
United States tax law subjects a foreign corporation to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis if such corporation has a U.S. trade or business and income effectively connected with that U.S. trade or business. As the Supreme Court stated in
Ninth Circuit decision upholds the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") determination that federal law preempts California’s meal and rest break laws with respect to.