Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:15:54 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert bf48fb90-35b4-4ed2-bec0-641bcbb393dc Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:15:54 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert/Companies-May-Begin-to-Protect-Their-Online-Presence-Anew-Trademark-Clearinghouse-Now-Available-For-New-gTLDs 08573002-b57e-46ab-b313-587fd48fdde0 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:55:17 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert/ICANN-Reveals-List-Of-Potential-New-Top-Level-Domain-Names df2790f4-3005-46ef-a177-6159c78b8474 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:57:39 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert/IRS-Holds-that-Trade-Associations-Common-Identifier-Program-Is-Not-Subject-to-UBIT In PLR 201105043, the IRS held the licensing for a fee by a trade association of common identifier numbers, and administration of the program, was not subject to unrelated business income tax ("UBIT").1 A common identifier number is a 5- or 6-digit number that may be texted from a cell phone to get a coupon, obtain information, vote in a survey, etc. In the past, to use these codes as part of its marketing efforts, a company had to obtain a separate code from each cell carrier, and sometimes the code numbers obtained differed from carrier to carrier for the same content. A trade association determined that it was in the interest of the industry overall to permit content providers to secure one common identifier number that could be used for all participating carriers. Thus, the cell phone user could text a single code in response ... 65e58f19-5246-442b-af41-2fdcdca4890f Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:11 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert/IRS-Issues-Check-Sheet-for-Tax-Exempt-Organizations-Governance-Practices The Internal Revenue Service recently released a "Governance Check Sheet" to be used in the examination of public charities exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Although trade associations are often exempt under Code section 501(c)(6), many have section 501(c)(3) affiliates and a number of professional associations are themselves exempt under section 501(c)(3). Thus the check sheet is of potential interest to trade associations. e7ef543e-78f8-4ffd-b2a0-f90656d4ccd3 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:11 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Trade-Associations-Alert/Review-of-New-Stimulus-Lobbying-Restrictions-Ends-This-Week This week marks the end of the Obama Administration's internal 60-day review of its new lobbying restrictions on certain communications relating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("Recovery Act"), commonly referred to as the Stimulus. Because it is unclear whether the Administration's review will result in any changes to the new rules, trade associations that employ lobbyists - as employees or on a contract basis - should continue to follow the current Recovery Act restrictions until further notice.