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2nd Circuit defers to executive will on application of sovereign immunity
The Second Circuit recently held that federal common law protections of sovereign immunity did not preclude prosecution of a state-owned foreign corporation.
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act: A primer
Global | Publication | July 2, 2018
The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act ("FIRPTA") provides an exception to the general rule that the US generally taxes nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations on their gains from sales or exchanges of property, if and only if, the gains are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the US ("effectively connected income" or "ECI"). FIRPTA treats gains recognized by a foreign person from the disposition of a US real property interest ("USRPI"), including the sale of shares of a US real property holding corporation ("USRPHC"), as ECI, subject to US federal income tax.
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Key takeaways from the G7 Competition Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Facing the fast-growing development of AI across the globe, particularly Generative AI (GenAI), the G7 competition authorities and policymakers (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the UK and the US) and the European Commission met in Italy on 3-4 October 2024 to discuss the main competition challenges raised by these new technologies in digital markets.
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