CLBR #311: Matthew Schaefer on Online Sales Taxes After Wayfair

Published: Sept. 12, 2018, 7 a.m.

b'Matthew Schaefer, a Partner at the law firm Brann Isaacson, has focused for nearly 20 years on state tax matters and contested proceedings before courts and administrative tribunals.\\xa0 He was co-counsel before the U.S. Supreme Court for the Respondents in\\xa0South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc., 135 S.Ct. 2080 (2018) and for the Petitioner in\\xa0Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl, 135 S.Ct. 1124 (2015).\\xa0 Matthew advises numerous e-commerce vendors, multi-channel merchants, and trade associations, and has represented the challengers in nearly every leading court case testing the constitutionality of state \\u201ceconomic presence\\u201d laws that impose burdensome tax and regulatory obligations on remote sellers.
Matt is a co-author of \\u2018Eyes on eCom Law,\\u2019 a blog that reports on legal developments of interest to direct marketers and online sellers.
Brann Isaacson is unique among its peers\\u2014a boutique law firm\\xa0grounded in Maine that represents over 100 large and small\\xa0online and multichannel companies across the country. The\\xa0firm is general counsel to L.L. Bean, one of the most prominent\\xa0and admired retailers in the industry. Today, we advise many of\\xa0the companies in the Internet Retailer\\u2019s Top 500 Guide, as well as\\xa0many small companies that hope someday to be included in that\\xa0list.
Brann Isaacson is based in Lewiston, Maine which is approx. 40 miles north of Portland and 135 miles north of Boston.\\xa0 It was in Lewiston where Muhammad Ali\\xa0had his first title defense, knocking out Sonny Liston in the infamous phantom knockout.\\n\\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands\\n\\nPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy'