Court Rejects California Franchise Tax Board’s Demurrer in Complaint Case; Clears Path For ACMA to Gain Decision on Merits

Christian Jünger is to become the new Chairman of the Management Board/CEO of the German Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. As Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, announced yesterday, Jünger will take up his new position on October 1. Jünger succeeds Thomas Rathnow, who stepped down from the role in April after resigning for personal reasons. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe has since been managed on an interim basis by Britta Egetemeier and Thomas Pichler. In his new role, Jünger will lead Verlagsgruppe’s strategy to drive its future growth and consolidate its position as leading German-language publisher. As CEO of Verlagsgruppe, he will report to Nihar Malaviya and will sit on Penguin Random House’s Global Executive Committee. Christian Jünger will join Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe from Rowohlt Verlag, where he has supervised Sales, Purchasing/Manufacturing, Controlling, Rights and Licenses, IT, and HR as Managing Director since 2021. Previously, he gained significant experience in the retail book sector at Amazon Germany, where he most recently served as Head of Vendor Management Books, managing the business with specialist and foreign-language books, calendars, and wholesalers.

The state of South Dakota wants the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved in the state’s battle to require larger e-retailers to collect sales tax from state residents and remit them to South Dakota. If the high court accepts the case, its decision could determine whether online retailers can be required to collect sales tax nationwide. The state on Monday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the South Dakota Supreme Court in the state’s case against online retailers Wayfair Inc., No. 16 in the Internet Retailer 2017 Top 500; Newegg Inc. (No. 21); and Overstock.com Inc. (No. 30). The South Dakota Supreme Court decision lets stand a lower court ruling preventing the state from enforcing a law that openly challenges the prevailing Supreme Court ruling that absolves retailers from having to collect sales tax in states where they have no physical presence. Click Read More below for additional detail.

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