Menzies v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP et al

  1. September 24, 2018

    Seyfarth Escapes Illegal Tax Shelter RICO Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has dismissed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit accusing Seyfarth Shaw LLP of selling a client an illegal tax shelter, saying that the man had failed to establish that the alleged fraud was part of the firm's usual way of doing business or that it was an ongoing practice.

  2. November 02, 2017

    Seyfarth Shaw Says RICO Suit Can't Prove Tax Shelter Plot

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP told an Illinois federal judge on Thursday that a man's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims accusing the law firm of selling him an illegal tax shelter blew his last chance to argue it was part of a pattern of fraud.

  3. July 18, 2016

    Seyfarth Shaw Ducks RICO Claims In Tax Shelter Suit

    An Illinois federal court on Friday gutted a racketeering and fraud suit against Seyfarth Shaw LLP and a pair of financial institutions over a tax shelter scheme concocted for an underwriting company's founder, saying he hadn't established a pattern of illegal activity.

  4. January 28, 2016

    Seyfarth Shaw Fights 'Untimely' Tax Shelter Suit

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP appeared before an Illinois federal judge Thursday to ask for the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing the firm of conspiring with a pair of financial institutions to operate a tax shelter scheme, saying that the shoddy legal advice given by a former partner was a decade old and time-barred.

  5. April 17, 2015

    Seyfarth Shaw, Banks Ran Tax Shelter Scam, Suit Says

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Northern Trust Corp. and Christiana Bank & Trust Co. were sued Friday for allegedly hawking an illegal tax shelter scheme that cost Applied Underwriters Inc.'s founder millions of dollars in back taxes on his $64 million stock sale to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.