8/25/2026 1:43:23 PM Choosin’ Texas: U.S. Tax Court Bails Out “All Hat, No Cattle” Investor By Mark Leeds Background The taxpayer operated a jewelry business in Laredo. He started going on hunting and fishing trips with two customers, Lamberth...
8/25/2026 1:38:50 PM D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s CERCLA Hazardous-Substance Designations for PFAS as State-Law Settlements Highlight Expanding Liability Landscape By Ashleigh Myers Amanda Halter Jillian Marullo Anthony Cavender +1 more... Show less On August 18, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the 2024 designation by the U.S....
8/25/2026 1:37:40 PM D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s CERCLA Hazardous-Substance Designations for PFAS as State-Law Settlements Highlight Expanding Liability Landscape By Ashleigh Myers Amanda Halter Jillian Marullo Anthony Cavender +1 more... Show less On August 18, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the 2024 designation by the U.S....
8/25/2026 1:35:48 PM Texas Data Center Interconnections Face New Audit Gate After Governor Abbott Directive (UPDATE) By Adam Weaver Stephen Humes The directive was issued amid extraordinary queue pressure. Gov. Abbott’s letter cites approximately 474 GW of pending requests to...
8/24/2026 5:07:34 PM SBA Proposes Sweeping Changes to Small Business Size Standards By Richard Oliver David Dixon Meghan Doherty Toghrul Shukurlu Jordan Holt +2 more... Show less Revised Size Standards Methodology The current SBA methodology, last updated in 2024, uses seven analytical factors to calculate size...
8/21/2026 2:11:54 PM Pillsbury’s SALT Team Recognized in Best Lawyers By Craig Becker Breann Robowski Carley Roberts Jeffrey Vesely +1 more... Show less Pillsbury’s State and Local Tax team has received recognition in the latest edition of Best Lawyers, with several attorneys honored...
8/21/2026 2:10:05 PM BIS Eases Export Controls on Certain UAVs: Key Takeaways from the August 13 Final Rule By Matthew Rabinowitz Jodi Goldberg Stephan Becker Justin Rubin Zachary Rozen +2 more... Show less On August 13, 2026, the Administration took two significant and complementary actions reshaping the regulatory landscape for unmanned...
8/20/2026 1:41:48 PM Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (8/19/26) – Single-Family Housing Investors Worry, Confidence in Multifamily REITs and Construction Backlog Falls By Jeffrey Gans In our latest roundup, U.S. Chamber of Commerce creates Housing Advisory Council, a legal battle develops over new federal rules related...
8/19/2026 5:20:37 PM Beyond the Flip: Structuring Your U.S. Expansion for Scale, Not Just Speed By Sarah Melaney Todd Rumberger Pillsbury provides emerging companies with advice on everything from formation to financing, corporate governance, technology...
8/19/2026 5:19:54 PM Beyond the Flip: Longer-Term Implications of Operating a Multinational Group Structure By Todd Rumberger Sarah Melaney Pillsbury provides emerging companies with advice on everything from formation to financing, corporate governance, technology...
8/19/2026 1:32:28 PM Trump Administration Imposes National Security Duties on UAS, in Action Coordinated with FCC and Defense Regulation By Jodi Goldberg Sahar Hafeez Julian Beach Dilan Wickrema +1 more... Show less On August 13, 2026, the White House published a Proclamation imposing duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962...
8/19/2026 1:31:07 PM The Strategic Case for Stakeholder Relations Ahead of the 2026 Midterm Elections By Craig Saperstein Aimee Ghosh Yvette Cravins Jaria Martin +1 more... Show less To achieve their public policy objectives, the most sophisticated organizations will not only lobby Congress directly; they will engage...
8/19/2026 1:27:49 PM Texas Data Center Interconnections Face New Audit Gate After Governor Abbott Directive By Adam Weaver Stephen Humes The directive was issued amid extraordinary queue pressure. The Governor’s letter cites approximately 474 GW of pending requests to...
8/18/2026 5:07:30 PM Eleventh Circuit Holds S Corporation Election Is Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate By Andrew Troop Nora Burke Larry Sannicandro Baylee Beeman Darianne De Leon +2 more... Show less For an S corp in chapter 11, the tax treatment of income and gain can directly affect creditor recoveries following an asset sale or...
8/17/2026 1:37:55 PM White House Issues Sweeping Executive Order Targeting Defense Supply Chains and Critical Materials By Sahar Hafeez Meghan Doherty Benjamin Cote Aaron Ralph +1 more... Show less the Department of War (DoW) to significantly tighten waivers for sourcing requirements for “covered materials” under 10 U.S.C. § 4872...
8/14/2026 1:13:51 PM Preserving Insurance Coverage Rights in Corporate Transactions By Patrick Blood David Klein Corporate transactions are carefully negotiated to allocate assets and liabilities. However, one valuable asset is frequently overlooked...