Good Sunday morning from London . . . We are back after the July 4 holiday break. Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 10, 2026, is below. Hilton’s announced direct connection with managed travel platform Navan
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Good Sunday morning from London . . . We are back after the July 4 holiday break. Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 10, 2026, is below. Hilton’s announced direct connection with managed travel platform Navan
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Hi there — welcome back to another edition of The Regulatory Check-In!
This week’s roundup covers a lot of ground: an EEOC lawsuit that should make every employer rethink gender-specific programming, a $35 million FTC settlement over hidden travel fees,
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Background
The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR”) is responsible for interpreting and applying the Treasury Regulations governing practice before the Internal Revenue Service (commonly known as “Circular 230”). It has exclusive responsibility for overseeing practitioner conduct and implementing discipline.
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, June 28, 2026, is below. It was another relatively quiet week in the online travel world unless you are Trip.com, in which case
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If you were wondering why it has been some time since I authored a new post on the blog, it is because I was writing a new article on Subchapter S for publication in both Corporate Taxation and Practical Tax Strategies. The article,
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Hi there — Your first biweekly installment of The Regulatory Check-In is here!
If we have not met before, I’m Melia Preedy, a member of the Foster Garvey Hospitality team where I handle a wide range of hospitality contracts,
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Good Sunday evening from somewhere 30,000 over the mid-west . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, June 5, 2026, is below. It was another relatively quiet week in the online travel industry other than…
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 29, 2026, is below. The short week (at least for those of us in the U.S.) made for a relatively quiet…
Good Monday afternoon from Seattle . . . For those of you celebrating and/or who have served, happy Memorial Day. Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 22, 2026, is below. Expedia Group and Google garnered…
Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, May 15, 2026, is below. With quarterly earnings releases behind us, it was a much quieter week in the online travel world.…