Dear Member: A belated Happy New Year! Thank you for your loyal support of ACMA. However, I must acknowledge my deep concern to our membership for the year ahead. We have high stakes battles on several fronts and without aggressive push-backs, it is not going to end well. I don’t want to be accused of […]
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Last year was a whirlwind year for state sales taxes. States seized on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair to require sales tax collection by remote retailers based on sales alone; an in-state physical presence is no longer a requirement. To date, all but […]
Chinese Concessions to the US Intellectual Property: This chapter focuses on protecting U.S. company trade secrets, patents, and trademarks. It also concerns protecting U.S. companies against the sale and export of counterfeit and pirated goods. The Chinese have agreed to a number of longstanding commitments on IP issues. Tech Transfer: The Section 301 investigation largely […]
By David Swetnam-Burland The ACMA has received several inquiries from members on how to handle the policies now in force under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1, 2020. Chief among them are how best to act on and respond to consumer data deletion requests. In today’s ACMA Legal […]
Dear ACMA Member: We wanted to alert you that late last week the Postal Service announced its promotions calendar for 2020. The USPS opened up registration for its first 2020 one, Tactile, Sensory & Interactive Engagement, yesterday and will host a webinar about the promotion this Thursday, December 19th, at 1pm Eastern. Click here to register. The requirements are posted here. The […]
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held October 29-30, 2019, at USPS HQs in Washington was compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller from reports by ACMA President & Executive Director Hamilton Davison and Members Nancy Cushman of Crate & Barrel and […]