In Re: Customs and Tax Administration of the Kingdom of Denmark (Skatteforvaltningen) Tax Refund Scheme Litigation

  1. January 01, 2025

    Trials To Watch In 2025

    The coming year will bring the first bellwether trials in the closely watched federal baby formula mass litigation, the first courtroom battle over a COVID-19 vaccine patent and six major retailers' case against Visa and Mastercard over card swipe fees.

  2. December 19, 2024

    Atty Exits Denmark's $2.1B Tax Fraud Case After Settlement

    A New York federal court removed an attorney from a $2.1 billion tax fraud suit after Denmark's tax authority settled with him on his involvement in the matter, according to recent filings.

  3. November 07, 2024

    Danish Gov't Can't Exclude 2012 Evidence In $2B Tax Case

    A New York federal judge allowed U.S. pension plans to present a Danish firm's 2012 opinion as key evidence in an upcoming trial in the Danish government's $2 billion tax fraud case against them, but barred three other pieces of evidence.

  4. November 01, 2024

    Danish Tax Agency To Settle With Atty In $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    Denmark's tax authority has agreed to settle with an attorney whom it has accused of helping clients claim fraudulent tax refunds in a sprawling $2.1 billion case, according to a letter by its attorney in New York federal court.

  5. August 30, 2024

    Danish Gov't Pledges No Ponzi Analogies At $2.1B Tax Trial

    The Danish tax authority won't compare pension funds, investors and attorneys it has accused of defrauding Denmark in a $2.1 billion tax refund scheme to a Ponzi scheme or infamous perpetrator Bernie Madoff, it said Friday in New York federal court.

  6. August 28, 2024

    Atty Can't Escape Danish Tax Agency's $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    An attorney in a $2.1 billion tax fraud case brought by the Danish tax authority cannot argue that a suit filed against him as an individual should be dismissed because it was filed late, a New York federal court ruled.

  7. August 19, 2024

    Danish Gov't Wants Evidence Excluded In $2B Tax Fraud Case

    A New York federal court should exclude some evidence presented by U.S. pension plans accused in what the Danish tax agency is calling a $2.1 billion tax fraud scheme, the agency said.

  8. August 12, 2024

    2 Experts OK'd For Danish Tax Agency In $2.1B Fraud Case

    Two experts will be allowed to testify in support of a suit by Denmark's tax agency accusing U.S. pension plans of participating in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud scheme, a New York federal district court said, overruling the pension plans' objections.

  9. August 07, 2024

    Pension Plans' Expert Testimony Limited In $2B Tax Fraud Suit

    A New York federal court decided to exclude portions of an expert's testimony on behalf of pension plans that are accused of seeking to defraud Denmark's tax agency in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud scheme.

  10. August 05, 2024

    Pension Plan Testimony Barred In $2B Danish Tax Fraud Case

    U.S. pension plans have proposed irrelevant expert testimony in response to allegations of their participation in a $2.1 billion Danish tax fraud scheme, a New York federal judge ruled in excluding the testimony but leaving room to try again.