D.C. considers tax on professionals; beleaguered governments increasingly eye lawyers as revenue source

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The District of Columbia is the latest in a series of states considering taxation of legal services to pad shrinking state revenues. Washington houses more lawyers than any other US city, and these lawyers have fought proposals to tax them before, calling the proposed tax an undue burden. Government interest in taxing services arose not just because of declining revenues but because the service sector is the fastest growing part of the economy. Hawaii, New Mexico and South Dakota all tax legal services, and some states tax these by charging attorneys licensing fees.

Taxation, Attorneys, Lawyers, State taxation, Taxation of services, Service taxes

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Lawyers balk at imposed pro bono in sex cases; N.J. relents, offers PDs for Megan's Law hearings

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New Jersey State Attorney General Deborah Poritz defused a confrontation with the New Jersey State Bar Association by assigning state public defenders to represent convicted child molesters in hearings on who should have access to their whereabouts. The Supreme Court of New Jersey on July 25 upheld the so-called Megan's Law requiring notice to the community when sexual offenders are present. At first it seemed lawyers would be forced to represent the offenders pro bono, though most said the money was less important than moral compunctions.

Sex offenders, New Jersey, Pro bono legal services, Parole

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