Archive for December, 2007
>> When Will China Start Enforcing Intellectual Property Laws?
0 Comments Published December 15th, 2007 in BusinessRecently updated version of one of my previously published posts on Arborlaw. 12-7-07
Here’s an interesting observation in the Boston Globe by Stephen Mihm, assistant professor of American history at the University of Georgia: “China may be a very different country, but in many ways it is a younger version of us.”
Politicians such as [...]
>> Michigan 6% Sales Tax On Services Goes Into Effect, And Back Out Again
0 Comments Published December 2nd, 2007 in Business, Consumer, Michigan Law, News, TaxUPDATE 12-5-07: The 6% services tax enacted by the Michigan legislature went briefly into — and then out of — effect, on December 1, 2007. The repeal legislation retroactively exempted all potentially covered transactions from tax liability.
Otto Von Bismarck famously said that “to retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch [...]