Last week, Alston & Bird’s Jack Cummings served as local counsel to the Council On State Taxation (COST) in the preparation and filing of COST’s amicus brief urging the N.C. Supreme Court to review the Delhaize case. The case involved North Carolina’s forced combination of Delhaize and one of its affiliates. The argument portion of the brief can be viewed by clicking here. We will update this blog as soon as we learn whether the N.C. Supreme Court has decided to grant review in this case.

About Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.
Jack Cummings is counsel in the Federal Tax Group of Alston & Bird in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. He served as IRS associate chief counsel (corporate) and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.

About Edward Tanenbaum
Edward Tanenbaum is co-chair of the firm’s Federal & International Tax Group and a member of the firm’s Global Resources & Strategies Committee. Mr. Tanenbaum’s practice consists primarily of planning and structuring tax efficient solutions for cross-border business transactions and investments by foreign multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals.