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4th Circuit Denies Motion to Speed Appeal of Md. Digital Ad Tax

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deferred consideration, pending submission of the briefs, of the Dec. 27 motion by plaintiff-appellants U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association to schedule oral argument in their Maryland digital ad tax appeal during the May sitting, said a clerk’s order Friday (docket 22-2275). The court also denied their motion to accelerate the case proceeding, a day after counsel for Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) opposed the motion to the extent it seeks to shorten the time for filing the state’s brief. The associations are seeking an injunction enjoining Maryland from enforcing a charge against the annual gross revenue derived from digital advertising in the state at a rate determined by companies’ global annual gross revenue and from prohibiting payers from passing the charge onto customers.