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On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME that mandatory fair share fees for public employees are unconstitutional. As many anticipated, the Court's decision was the result of a 5-4 ruling among the justices, with n...

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn partner Bill Manne's article "How the Tax Act Impacts Exempt Organizations" was published in the June/July 2018 issue of The Oregon Certified Public Accountant, the official magazine of the Oregon Society of Certified Pu...

As in many other areas (banking, taxation), cannabis businesses exist in something of a gray zone regarding insurance. Advising a regulated cannabis business—or any company doing business in the cannabis sector—about insurance will therefore involve...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision on the constitutionality of fair share fees in the pending case of Janus v. AFSCME before the Court adjourns its current session at the end of June. We will follow-up with an e-mail alert when...

On April 9, 2018, just one day before National Equal Pay Day, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined en banc that employers may not escape liability under the federal Equal Pay Act—which prohibits employers from paying employees differently on...

Effective as of April 6, 2018, the Washington Department of Revenue updated its regulations governing the threshold level of business activity that may be conducted in Washington without triggering Washington's business and occupation tax (“B&O t...