Obama Forges ‘Cadillac’ Health Plan Tax Compromise with Unions; House Members Still Concerned

The White House succeeded Jan. 14 in reaching a compromise with major labor unions to get their support for a plan to…

Foreign-Initiated Transfer Pricing Adjustments, Inventory of Double Tax Cases Top Prior Levels

The U.S. Competent Authority received 134 transfer pricing cases resulting from foreign-initiated adjustments in the year ended Sept. 30, 2009, and also had…

Obama Unveils New Tax on Banks to Mitigate ‘Excesses’ of Wall Street

President Obama Jan. 14 proposed a new Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee or tax on the nation’s major financial institutions until Wall Street

PTO Interpretation of Patent Term Adjustment Statute Invalid, Wyeth Extensions Affirmed

A challenge by drug makers Wyeth and Elan Pharma International Ltd. to the Patent and Trademark Office’s calculations limiting patent term adjustments was upheld Jan. 7