City of Denver
Jul 07, 2014OUTCOME: Tax assessment overturned on appeal
Tax Assessment and Appeal
Dallas, TX
Commercial real estate Lawyer at Dallas, TX
Practice Areas: Commercial, Intellectual Property
OUTCOME: Tax assessment overturned on appeal
Tax Assessment and Appeal
OUTCOME: Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction
Trademark Infringement lawsuit
OUTCOME: City of Philadelphia tax assessment overturned and affirmed on appeal
Deborah persuaded the Philadelphia Tax Review Board to overturn a million dollar tax assessment against Expedia based on the website's online hotel reservation services and then successfully defended t ... he ruling through three layers of appeal all the way up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
OUTCOME: Summary Judgments entered in favor of online travel companies
Deborah helped secure summary judgments in favor of Expedia and other online travel companies hauled into court by tax authorities in high-volume tourist destinations seeking to hold them liable for ta ... xes imposed on hotel operators for renting out hotel rooms. Two Florida courts agreed that the tax laws do not reach the websites and one ruled that the law was not enforceable because it was ambiguous.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of NTR
Deborah secured a summary judgment in favor of NTR Metals enforcing a Mutual Release and Settlement Agreement against claims of duress, undue influence, incompetency, unconscionability, failure of cons ... ideration and breach of contract counterclaims