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16 Dec 2022, 5:00 am
Jesús previously authored the post The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its Government Structure. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 1:00 am
In connection with the hearing, the Joint Committee on Taxation released Federal Tax Law And Issues Related To The Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico (JCX-132-15): This document ... provides an overview and analysis of Federal... [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 4:00 am
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico In 1950, Congress enacted the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act (ch. 446, 64 Stat. 319). [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 9:04 am
Through this Constitution, Puerto Rico created the new, self-governing political entity, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 10:40 am
Most were eventually struck down as violations of the Contracts Clause, but collection against Puerto Rico itself might run up against whatever sovereign immunity the Commonwealth might posses. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 11:06 am
All birth certificates issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico prior to 1 July 2010 have been made invalid. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 7:53 am
By Jennice Fuentes / Fuentes Strategies The government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies have spent close to $250 million on consultants during the last 36 months. [read post]
9 May 2017, 12:27 pm
It is nearing the one-week anniversary of the biggest government bankruptcy in U.S. history: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [read post]
12 Feb 2016, 2:37 pm
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico agreed but the Commonwealth appealed. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 4:47 pm
July 14, 2010 On July 1, 2010, the Vital Statistics Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico started to issue new birth certificates to citizens of Puerto Rico. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 4:10 am
Last October, a Puerto Rico federal district court gave a rare victory to opponents of same-sex marriage. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 5:39 pm
These are questions of Puerto Rico law. [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 6:30 am
Puerto Rico adopted its own constitution, thus achieving full local self-government, but instead of becoming a state, it became a state-like entity known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. [read post]
12 Jun 2016, 10:55 am
Supreme Court ruled in a 6-2 decision that Puerto Rico cannot try two defendants for selling guns to undercover cops after a federal prosecution for the same conduct, because the commonwealth is not a separate sovereign for double jeopardy purposes. [read post]
10 Jan 2019, 3:34 am
By Jennice Fuentes / Fuentes Strategies As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week, the Commonwealth government has stepped up to keep Puerto Rico’s key national parks open. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 7:06 am
At least 23% of Puerto Rico’s General Fund revenues depend on a 4% excise tax that these companies pay the Commonwealth (the companies are then reimbursed by the IRS). [read post]
15 Apr 2017, 7:10 am
McBride1 With this week’s certification of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s fiscal plan, the Oversight Board and the new government in San Juan took their first tangible steps toward defining how much aggregate debt service Puerto Rico can afford to pay its creditors over the coming years. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 7:27 am
By Kevin Kulling, J.D.The government of Puerto Rico has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in an effort to overturn a federal appeals court decision holding that the bankruptcy code preempted Puerto Rico’s own statute that created a mechanism for the commonwealth’s public utilities to restructure their debt (Puerto Rico v. [read post]
14 Feb 2020, 7:22 am
Puerto Rico Bondholder Bankruptcy Update Commonwealth reaches agreement with Puerto Rico Bondholders this week. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 3:47 am
Puerto Rico’s authorities are concerned that this might be too late, given that insurance companies have until this summer to negotiate their Medicaid contracts with the Commonwealth. [read post]
