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News You Can Use Digest – August 13, 2021

13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

Rick Scott unlawfully used a super PAC to support his 2018 Senate run. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

Federal Circuit clarifies the “teaches away” doctrine and the “substantial evidence” requirement when making an obviousness determination

29 Jul 2021, 8:04 am by Joseph M. Hallman

Watson Lab’ys, Inc., 874 F.3d 1316, 1327 (Fed. [read post]

Filewrapper.com - https://www.filewrapper.com/

Simplifying the Tax Code and Reducing the Tax Gap: What Can Be Achieved?

28 Jul 2021, 3:50 am by Kevin Kaufman

They also calculated that the tax gap over the next decade would equal $7.5 trillion.[11] Former IRS commissioner Charles Rossotti, an advocate of increased enforcement and information reporting, reached a similar conclusion, estimating that the 2019 tax gap was around $574 billion.[12] Current IRS commissioner Chuck Rettig’s offhand comment in April 2021 that the true tax gap could be $1 trillion generated a lot of attention.[13] Rettig pointed to increased cryptocurrency uses as a… [read post]

Tax Policy Blog - http://taxfoundation.org/blog/

Avoiding Apportionment in Favor of Joint & Several Liabilities

24 Jul 2021, 11:51 am by admin

Thus where two or more factories independently pollute a stream, the plaintiff’s use of the water may be treated as divisible in terms of degree, and may be apportioned among the owners of the factories, on the basis of the respective quantities of pollution discharged into the stream. [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

Weekend Roundup

2 Jul 2021, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani

Arkansas Law Review Examines the Lessons of Korematsu v. [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

[Eugene Volokh] No Heckler's Veto: Court Reverses $1.5M Nuisance Verdict Against Abortion Clinic, Which Was Chiefly Based on Actions of Protesters and Arsonists

14 Jun 2021, 11:16 am by Eugene Volokh

Watson (Georgia), Sonja R. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Untitled

27 May 2021, 5:42 am

About seven years after Holland’s conviction, following the publication of Watson v. [read post]

Third Circuit Blog - http://circuit3.blogspot.com/

Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (May 4, 2021)

6 May 2021, 9:09 pm by Shea Denning

State v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

Misstatement of law and fact require new trial

26 Apr 2021, 7:11 pm by Randall Hodgkinson

Roth won in State v. [read post]

Kansas Defenders - http://kansasdefenders.blogspot.com/

Modernizing Rental Car and Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Taxes for a Post-Pandemic Future

22 Apr 2021, 5:55 am by Kevin Kaufman

Rather, the revenue is used for unrelated purposes and the taxes create a byzantine structure of taxes and fees that dissuade travelers from using rental cars. [read post]

Tax Policy Blog - http://taxfoundation.org/blog/

Guest Post: Changes in ESG-Related D&O Risk in a New US Presidential Administration

21 Apr 2021, 4:39 pm by Kevin LaCroix

A version of this article previously appeared on the Willis Towers Watson website (here). [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

[UPDATE] IPKat/LSE Joint Event: The CJEU's billion-dollar questions - who gets a SEP licence and when should an injunction be granted?

15 Apr 2021, 9:57 am by Annsley Merelle Ward

Watson, Power Integrations v. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

A bundle of case notes

5 Apr 2021, 7:23 am by Giles Peaker

DJ Watson (Unreported, we’ve seen the note of judgment.) [read post]