The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation becomes effective May 25, 2018.  This regulation will affect any company or organization that collects or processes certain data of an EU citizen.  For more information, click here to read NAW's new Legal [...]

Many NAW members have expressed concern about the critical shortage of commercial drivers today -- a shortage that impacts many distributors' ability to efficiently move their products through the supply chain. California Congressman Duncan Hunter has introduced a piece of legislation that would modestly address this problem by removing the Federal regulation that prohibits drivers under the [...]

A statement was released to the press by the Marketplace Fairness Coalition last evening.  NAW serves on the coalition's management committee.  The quote attributed to NAW comes from the NAW amicus brief in support of South Dakota's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a  Writ of Certiorari in South Dakota v. Wayfair.  The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and oral argument is scheduled [...]

The Supreme Court has set an April 17th date for oral argument in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the court case in which the Supreme Court is being asked to overturn its Quill decision which prohibited states from requiring businesses to collect state sales taxes unless the businesses had a physical presence – nexus – in the state.   The Quill decision was handed down in 1992 – a quarter of a [...]

NAW has posted updated Issue Briefs reflecting two pieces of very good news. First, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in South Dakota v Wayfair, in which the Court will review the out-of-date Quill decision barring states from requiring remote sellers to collect state sales taxes.   If the court overturns Quill, on-line remote sellers will no longer have a competitive advantage over [...]