As the April 15 individual income tax return filing deadline approaches, it is important to think of ongoing requirements regarding recordkeeping to support any business related deductions claimed on your tax return including those relating to aircraft ownership and operations. As is the case with the governance of any operating business, owners of business aircraft […]
GKG Law's Tom Wilcox provides an early 2019 update on the Surface Transportation Board (STB), including an introduction to the three newest members of the Board and an overview of the current issues facing the STB. Read more here (article begins on page 28).
The GDPR may apply to U.S. organizations that are deemed to have an establishment in an EU Member State. Neither the GDPR nor authoritative interpretations by courts precisely defines what constitutes an “establishment.” Instead, organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine what, if any, business activity is being conducted in EU Member States. Article […]
In the Winter 2019 issue of The Construction User, GKG Law's Steve Fellman takes the opportunity to thank the Association for Union Constructors (TAUC) for the honor of serving as General Counsel to TAUC and its predecessor, the National Erectors Association (NEA), for 46 years. 46 Years and Counting
With all the recent attention to criminal history data in the context of data privacy and employment decisions, there is a growing interest in how credentialing organizations use criminal history data to evaluate candidates for certification. The evaluation of criminal history data raises issues of credentialing standards, liability considerations, state and local regulation, and philosophical […]
It’s almost Valentine’s Day – a day filled with love, happiness, and potential sexual harassment claims. Many HR professionals believe that claims of sexual harassment increase on Valentine’s Day. It appears that some employees tend to forget that sexual harassment rules and policies still apply, even on February 14th. So here are a few simple […]
On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 138 S.Ct. 2080 (2018). The Wayfair decision is very significant in that it overturns the longstanding precedent that historically prohibited any state from requiring out of state businesses to collect sales or use taxes on […]
The European Union’s (“EU’s”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into effect on May 25, 2018, imposing a new regulatory regime on companies that process, collect, and/or share personal data. The GDPR also provides EU Member States’ data protection authorities with long-arm jurisdiction over many non-EU companies that process data about individuals located in the […]
On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s (“EU’s”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect, imposing new prohibitions, standards, and risk management guidelines on how companies can collect, process, transfer, and share personal data. For U.S. associations, the most notable aspect of the GDPR was the expanded, (extra)territorial scope – companies outside the EU […]
On January 21, 2019, France’s data privacy agency, the National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) announced that it was issuing a €50 million fine against Google, Inc. for violating the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is the first enforcement action under the new penalty ranges of the GDPR and the first GDPR enforcement […]