tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90905131495427885912024-03-05T09:47:36.993-08:00Jennings Strouss Law FirmAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.comBlogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-33926336782645879152018-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:002018-07-10T13:36:56.973-07:00FERC To Expand PJM’s Minimum Offer Price Rule to All Planned and Existing Resources – A Battle To Preserve States Jurisdiction Over Generation Facilities and to Carve Out Appropriate Exemptions Ensues
On June 29, 2018, FERC issued an order rejecting two proposals (i.e.,
the Capacity Repricing and the MOPR-Ex proposals) filed by PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) to address subsidization of resources in
its capacity markets (Docket No. ER18-1314).
The FERC order also granted in part a complaint filed by Calpine
Corporation and others challenging PJM’s minimum offer Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-74792379914691053832018-06-22T10:35:00.001-07:002018-06-22T10:56:17.564-07:00The U.S. Supreme Court Nexus Required for State Taxation of Online Sales: But Questions Still Remain
by Otto S. Shill, III, Member, Jennings, Strouss& Salmon, P.L.C.
Yesterday morning, the United States Supreme Court announced its highly anticipated decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, __ U.S. __ (No. 17-494, 2018) in which it revisited the Court’s long-standing precedent that a state may only tax businesses that establish “nexus” with a state by having a sufficient physical presence in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-19656003505989551902018-04-26T13:31:00.001-07:002018-04-26T15:12:08.624-07:00What employers are doing about #RedForEd teacher walkout in Phoenix
Jennings Strouss attorney John J. Balitis is quoted in the Phoenix Business Journal article, "What employers are doing about #RedForEd teacher walkout in Phoenix. "He discusses the laws employers need to consider for employees who have requested leave as a result of the teacher walk-out, particularly for parents of children with special needs and health conditions.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-41294776328486739792018-04-23T19:10:00.002-07:002018-04-23T19:19:21.111-07:00FERC Initiates Review of Its Long-Standing Pipeline Certificate Policy Statement
Last Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) seeking comment on possible changes needed to its 1999 Policy Statement
on certification of new interstate pipelines. The NOI notes the almost two decades since the 1999 Policy Statement was approved and acknowledges that the Commission may have to reconsider how it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-3062796559876849982018-04-05T17:34:00.000-07:002018-04-05T17:34:00.841-07:00Deducting Attorneys’ Fees Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017<!--[if !mso]>
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by Otto S. Shill, III, Member, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced last week that it will terminate its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program as of September 28, 2018. Taxpayers who have not reported foreign bank accounts and income now have only six months to do so.
In the mid-2000s, the IRS began aggressively pursuing foreign financial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-13005294661502497302018-03-01T13:18:00.000-08:002018-03-01T13:20:53.556-08:00FERC Issues Final Rule Requiring RTOs to Provide for Participation of Electric Storage Resources in Organized Markets
On February 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued Order No. 841, Electric Storage in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. Order No. 841 requires tariff reforms in order to facilitate the participation of electric storage resources in capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by Regional Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-63256031775002055662018-02-28T17:04:00.001-08:002018-02-28T17:04:36.135-08:00Contingency Fees in Arizona: Paper is Worth its Weight in Gold<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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By J. Scott Rhodes, Member, and Ashley M. Mahoney, Legal Intern, Jennings StroussAttention Arizona attorneys: to receive compensation for your contingent fee work, make sure your fee agreement is in writing and signed by the client – or, you might not get paid at all. This is the message from the Arizona Court of Appeals, announced through Levine v. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-61531627481824114892018-01-11T11:58:00.000-08:002018-04-23T19:23:08.566-07:00FERC Terminates Rulemaking Aimed At Increasing RTO/ISO Reliance On Merchant Coal and Nuclear Resources, Initiates New Proceeding To Explore RTO/ISO Resilience Issues
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-57164463713542408522017-09-22T11:44:00.001-07:002017-09-22T11:44:20.785-07:00Richard Lieberman Featured in AZ Big Media
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney, Richard Lieberman is featured in AZ Big Media, online.
Read the full article: 5 Things to Know When Selling Part of Your Business.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-75131000998350139062017-09-21T11:48:00.001-07:002017-09-21T11:48:53.275-07:00New Form I-9 Now Effective
Labor and Employment Group Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
Effective as of September 18, 2017, employers must now use the new version of the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 17, 2017.
The revised version of the Form I-9 includes new wording in the instructions and changes to the List of Acceptable Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-71894069268538024652017-09-11T12:07:00.000-07:002017-09-21T12:07:13.836-07:00Jennings Strouss Wins Unprecedented Arizona “Lemon Law” LawsuitJennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., a leading Phoenix-based law
firm, announced that it secured a favorable verdict in a three-year
“lemon law” litigation with BMW of North America (BMW N.A.). This is the
first verdict in Arizona (and possibly the United States) where a jury
found that excessive brake noise is a defect under a governing “lemon
law” statute.
In 2012, while residing in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-19063490151575701752017-08-25T12:00:00.000-07:002017-09-21T12:04:11.780-07:00Section 1202’s Qualified Small Business Stock: The Oft-Forgotten Exclusion By: Paul J. Valentine, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
Since
the advent of the limited liability company, the C corporation has
often been the ugly stepchild in choice of entity analysis. Yet, the
Internal Revenue Code contains a little known provision that may make
the C corporation more attractive. New ventures should consider § 1202’s
Qualified Small Business Stock (“Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-89146651033156394902017-08-15T13:06:00.001-07:002017-08-15T17:44:13.443-07:0032 Jennings Strouss Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®PHOENIX, Ariz. (August 15, 2017) – Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., a leading Phoenix-based law firm, is pleased to announce that 32 lawyers have been named to the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades. Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-49871535564257615332017-08-04T15:27:00.000-07:002017-08-04T15:33:33.982-07:00ADA Plaintiff's Fernando Gastelum and Theresa Brooke Sue Hotels Over Online Reservation Policies <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Attorney, Bruce May, is featured is featured in AZCentral, online.
Read the full article: Tax break on apartment complex causes $5.6 million headache for TempeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-55968490165803160122017-07-21T15:01:00.000-07:002017-07-27T15:02:25.571-07:00Hotels Sued For Violating ADA Online Reservation Policies<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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By: Lindsay Leavitt Attorney, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
Theresa Brooke has returned to Arizona and has found a new way to sue hotels for ADA violations. Arizona hotel owners will remember Theresa Brooke—in 2015 she sued more than 125 of them for failing to install wheelchair accessible pool lifts.
Theresa Brooke, an Arizona resident, is now filing lawsuits in the U.S. District Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-579477687690385392017-07-07T15:58:00.002-07:002017-07-14T15:23:54.670-07:00Serial ADA Plaintiff Theresa Brooke Returns to Arizona<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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By: Otto S. Shill, III, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-28544775954308303352017-06-20T14:23:00.000-07:002017-06-20T14:36:28.707-07:00The Bystander Effect
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney and Maricopa County Bar Association president, Norma C. Izzo, was featured in the June 2017 issue of Maricopa Lawyer, the official publication of the Maricopa County Bar Association.
Read the full article: The Bystander Effect
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Ms. Izzo is Chair of the firm's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090513149542788591.post-74475088090409837712017-06-15T11:44:00.000-07:002017-06-15T11:52:35.058-07:00FERC Sets Agenda for Technical Conference on Natural Gas Index Liquidity and Transparency
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For
more than 30 years, Mr. Shill has helped businesses and business owners
comply with government regulations, navigate government investigations,
and build wealth through business transactions and long-term planning.
He has significant experience in federal and state tax compliance and
tax controversies; compensation, benefits, and employment regulation;
and government contracting Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16902257841055606215noreply@blogger.com0