Trump administration’s policies and cuts
Members of the PCMA Catalyst Community share their challenges in holding and planning events as the Trump administration continues to cut and change and has had a wide impact. Author: Michelle Russell Event planners share new challenges posed by the rapid changes in the Trump administration. “Did anyone start canceling the registration of attendees whose travel was cut off?” Kim Connolly, assistant director of program and conference at Virginia Military Academy, asked the PCMA catalyst community on March 6, referring to the Trump administration’s overhaul, shooting of federal employees and more. “It also affected some of the presenters at our upcoming meeting.” Seven members of the catalyst community responded in less than 24 hours, sharing the challenges posed by the rapid changes in the new administration and the concerns of attendees after several plane crashes and approach mistakes in recent weeks. This is what they have to say: “We had a meeting last week and were affected by the meeting.…
Abolition of unfair tax policies, growing international travel,
Listen to audio What do event professionals need? The Exhibition & Convention Alliance (ECA), which advocates for the U.S. business and professional events industry, has released its 2025 Hot Buttons in the form of its annual Public Policy Agenda to answer this question. The document concludes: “From tax laws that incentivize small businesses in our industry to policies that help the U.S. attract more international exhibitors and attendees, ECA strongly encourages policymakers to adopt these measures…that will strengthen our industry competitiveness and the ability to drive economic growth, support job creation, empower small businesses and help solve the most pressing social challenges of the future. priority Enhance competitiveness through growth-focused tax policy These include federal tax reform to promote growth through "competitive business tax rates," promote investment by maintaining the current tax treatment of private equity, safeguard the tax status of associations and association nonprofits, and expand 529 plans - tax-advantaged savings accounts , intended to be used for the…
Australia: The government is entering the final countdown to launch new policies
in short On October 10, 2024, the federal government launched Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 ("bill") to Parliament. The bill would amend Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ("CCA") Implement a mandatory and moratorium merger control regime to replace the previous voluntary regime. The Bill, which follows extensive public consultation, makes a number of important changes to proposals put forward in an earlier exposure draft. In this newsletter, we step through the key elements of the bill and the changes made to the previous exposure draft. On 4 November 2024, Baker McKenzie and MLex will host a workshop with special guest Marcus Bezzi (Lead Counsel, Competition Law Working Group) and a panel of experts to discuss these reforms and their implications. For more information and to register for this event, click here. As we move towards the implementation of these major reforms, please contact us if you have any questions or if we can assist you in…
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