Blank Rome’s nationally prominent State + Local Tax attorneys are thought leaders in the community as frequent guest speakers at various local and national conferences throughout the year. Our State + Local Tax attorneys believe it is necessary to educate and inform their clients and contacts about topics that will impact their businesses. We invite you to attend, listen, and learn as our State + Local Tax attorneys interpret and discuss key legal issues companies are facing and how you can put together a plan of action to mitigate risk and advance your business in accordance with state and local tax laws.
Lorman Education Services Webinar
Blank Rome State + Local Tax partner Nicole L. Johnson and associate Melanie L. Lee will be presenting a Lorman Education Services live webinar on September 12, 2025. Their speech is titled “SALT Compliance: Tax Planning for Out-of-State Workforces.” To learn more, please click here.
Counsel on State Taxation Annual Meeting
Blank Rome State + Local Tax partners Mitchell A. Newmark, Eugene G. Gibilaro, and Nicole L. Johnson will be speaking at the Counsel on State Taxation (“COST”) Annual Meeting on September 18, 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee. Mitchell’s speech is titled “Deference and the State Tax Implications of Loper Bright.” Eugene’s speech is titled “State Tax Pitfalls in Mergers and Acquisitions: Risks, Remedies, and Post-Deal Challenges,” and Nicole’s speech is titled “Deep Dive into Cost of Performance and Market Based Sourcing: Methods of Multistate Analysis, Planning and Tax Accounts.” To learn more, please click here.
National Association of State Bar Tax Sections Conference
Blank Rome State + Local Tax partner Eugene J. Gibilaro, will be speaking at the National Association of State Bar Tax Sections Conference in Seattle, Washington on September 25, 2025. His speech is titled “Backdoor Worldwide Combined Reporting / State Treatment of Foreign Income.”
Paul J. Harman SALT Forum
Blank Rome State + Local Tax partners Craig B. Fields and Nicole L. Johnson will be speaking at the Paul J. Hartman SALT Forum in Nashville, Tennessee on October 27, 2025. Their speeches are titled “Controversy Management in SALT: Tools, Tactics, and Trends” and “O Customer, Where Art Thou? Complications in Sourcing to the Customer,” respectively. To learn more, please click here.
Tax Executives Institute, Annual Meeting
Blank Rome State + Local Tax partners Mitchell A. Newmark and Eugene G. Gibilaro will be speaking at the Tax Executives Institute Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on October 27 and 28, 2025. Mitchell’s speech is titled “SALT of the Earth – Grounding State and Local Tax Policy in Practice,” and Eugene’s speech is titled “Breakout Session: From Coast to Coast – The Top 10 SALT Developments Across the States.” To learn more, please click here.
This update is one in a series of updates written for the August 2025 edition of The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight.
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