Posts tagged as:

California Bill 178

Updates On Some Legislation

April 15, 2009

A brief post just to update on some of the pending legislation. This could be a very eventful week. It has started off on a good note with the defeat of the legislation in Maryland! Other states will see action over the next couple of weeks.
The update on the legislation in Tennessee is that the [...]

Read the full article →

California Bill 178 Update

March 12, 2009

California Bill 178 was officially referred to the Committee on Revenue and Tax. The committee has set a  hearing date  for April 13. Now that a hearing date has been set, all interested parties should be stepping up their efforts to ensure that the legislation is the best it can be. Ambiguous language must be removed [...]

Read the full article →

How California Affiliates Can Prepare

March 1, 2009

Although California Bill 178 is not yet passed, it is my recommendation that California affiliates begin to prepare their websites and business model. Starting the process now will ensure that they are ready in case the law passes and merchants begin to sever relationships with California affiliates. New York Affiliates were caught by surprise, no [...]

Read the full article →

California Affiliates Get Ready

February 25, 2009

California Affiliates had better get prepared,  California Assembly Bill 178, co-authored by Charles Calderon (D) and Nancy Skinner (D) will be even more devastating than the NY bill. 
California Bill 178 was introduced on February 2nd. California Bill 178 includes this definition of what will create a nexus in California  “Any retailer entering into an agreement with a resident of this [...]

Read the full article →