C-Stores Look to Supreme Court on Swipe Fees
Merchants to petition high court to review interchange case CSP Daily News Merchants are set to take their battle to cut debit-card swipe fees to the Supreme Court, potentially opening…
Legislation Moving Forward to Prohibit Online Lottery Sales
Urge your members of Congress to support Internet lottery bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. For more than 50 years, federal law prohibited gambling over phone…
Alert: Cigar Prices Going Up – FDA Regulations Forthcoming
The FDA is listening; now is the time to make our voices heard! The moment we’ve all been bracing for is here, and time is of the essence. After years of…
Center for Tobacco Products outlines thoughts on developing standards for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products
Recently, Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), outlined CTP’s vision for the regulation of tobacco products in the…
LARA Warns of Scam Hitting Corporations, Limited Liability Companies
Recently, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) warned corporations of a non-government entity running a scheme trying to collect a fee. The fee of $59.99 is in order…
Right to Repair
Automotive groups will be banding together to ensure consumers have choices in post-warranty auto repair. The national agreement, which ends the prolonged “Right to Repair” debate within the industry, is…
Merchants Not Gaining Independence From Credit Card Fees
According to the latest release from Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), it won’t be just hot dogs that will get a good grilling over hot coals this Fourth of July. The…
IRS Moves Forward With Health Insurance Forms
Absence of the forms has left employers unable to plan for 2015 taxes On July 24, the IRS released draft forms that employers will use to report on health coverage…
NACS Submits Statement on Tobacco Tax Evasion
NACS shares concerns about unleveled playing field with Senate Finance CommitteeThe U.S. Senate Finance Committee is held a hearing to address tobacco tax evasion, an issue about which NACS has…
Congress raids LUST Trust Fund — once again — to help fund the highway system
By Paige Anderson In July, the House of Representatives passed legislation to fund the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015. Without the additional monies, the fund would run out of…