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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA“), passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (the “House“) on May 22, 2025, is a comprehensive legislative package that seeks to implement sweeping reforms in tax policy, immigration, healthcare, and infrastructure as part of the federal budget reconciliation…

Senator Thom Tillis introduced a bill (called the “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act”) that would impose additional significant taxes on litigation funding investments. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OH) introduced a similar bill in the House of Representatives. The bill would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, which could include…

On May 20, 2025, California’s Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) released changes to the proposed regulations (“Draft Regulations”) that would amend the rules regarding market-based sourcing for sales other than sales of tangible personal property.  This is the latest step by the FTB in the long-running process toward formally adopting the amendments first approved in 2016, which we described in a September 2024 blog post when FTB released an updated draft of the amendments. 

On Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Bill”). The Bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.

The following is a summary of some of the key provisions that have been changed from the version…

Update (7/11/2025): On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (the “OBBBA”).  Consistent with the earlier draft bill released by the Senate, the OBBBA did not include either of the two proposed changes that would have been particularly relevant for the sports industry…

On May 18, 2025, the House Budget Committee approved the legislation entitled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “House Bill”). The bill is expected to be revised by the House Rules Committee before being sent to the House floor for a vote.

The House Bill extends…

On May 12, 2025, House Republicans unveiled a comprehensive 389-page package of tax provisions, setting the stage for a significant tax bill to be debated in the coming weeks. Dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” this proposal aims to extend and modify many key provisions of the Tax Cuts and…

On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2025-23 (the “Notice”), announcing its intention to withdraw the recently released final regulations final regulationsthat classify certain partnership related party basis shifting transactions and substantially similar transactions as “transactions of interest”. The Notice provides taxpayers and their…