IR-2019-182, November 12, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today a significant increase in enforcement actions for syndicated conservation easement transactions, a priority compliance area for the agency. Coordinated examinations are being conducted across the IRS in the Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Large Business and International Division and Tax Exempt and Government […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Utah Company Settles FTC Allegations it Failed to Safeguard Consumer Data
A Utah-based technology company has agreed to implement a comprehensive data security program to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company failed to put in place reasonable security safeguards, which allowed a hacker to access the personal information of a million consumers. InfoTrax Systems, L.C., provides back-end operation services to multi-level marketers. This includes […]
FTC Stops Student Loan Debt Relief Scheme that Allegedly Bilked Consumers out of Millions
The Federal Trade Commission obtained a temporary restraining order halting an operation that bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by pretending to be affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education and falsely promising student loan debt relief. The FTC’s complaint against Arete Financial Group and several related companies alleged that the defendants used radio […]
Apple premieres “Truth Be Told,” coming to Apple TV+ December 6
Apple TV+, the first all-original video subscription service and home for today’s most imaginative storytellers, launched on November 1 in over 100 countries and regions. The service is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, as well as select Samsung smart TVs, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices […]
Slack Announces Date of Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results
SAN FRANCISCO, November 11, 2019 — Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WORK) today announced that it will report its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 ended October 31, 2019 following the close of the U.S. markets on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. Slack will host a conference call that day at 2:00 p.m. Pacific […]
The augmented reality app helping veterans manage anxiety
Tarrant designed a program for Hill to use at home with a laptop and electrodes. She had to keep an animated airplane above a specific threshold on the screen. When she succeeded, it was because she was calming her frontal lobe brain activity, which includes the ACC. It worked. Over time, Hill was able to […]
Banker Webinar: Community Bank Leverage Ratio Framework
FIL-70-2019 November 8, 2019 Banker Webinar: Community Bank Leverage Ratio Framework Printable Format: FIL-70-2019 – PDF (PDF Help) Summary: The FDIC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) will host an interagency webinar on November 21, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 […]
FTC and DOJ Approve Procedural Amendments to HSR Rules for Foreign Entities
The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has published in the Federal Register proposed amendments that clarify whether a transaction is exempt from premerger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act because the entity involved is foreign. Determining whether an entity is a foreign person or issuer […]
Dental Products Distributors Benco Dental Supply Company, Patterson Companies, Inc. Decline to Appeal ALJ Decision, Making that Decision Final
After Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell held in his Initial Decision that two of three respondents named in a Federal Trade Commission complaint violated U.S. antitrust laws, those companies have declined to appeal the decision to the federal district court. Judge Chappell held that Benco Dental Supply Company and Patterson Companies, Inc. conspired […]
Dental Products Distributors Benco Dental Supply Company, Patterson Companies, Inc. Decline to Appeal ALJ Decision, Making that Decision Final
After Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell held in his Initial Decision that two of three respondents named in a Federal Trade Commission complaint violated U.S. antitrust laws, those companies have declined to appeal the decision to the federal district court. Judge Chappell held that Benco Dental Supply Company and Patterson Companies, Inc. conspired […]