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  • July 25, 2024

    Clark Hill Adds Tax And Estate Atty From Plunk Smith In Texas

    A former Plunk Smith PLLC senior associate jumped to Clark Hill in Collin County, Texas, to serve as a member in the tax and estate planning practice, the firm announced Thursday.

  • July 25, 2024

    GOP Control Could Muddle Tax Picture For Multinationals

    Republican lawmakers and former President Donald Trump could create more confusion for multinationals with their tax and trade policies if they sweep the U.S. elections in November, because they are likely to pursue retaliatory measures in opposition to the OECD's global tax rewrite.

  • July 25, 2024

    IRS, Zaxby's Co-Founder To Settle $43M Easement Suit

    The Internal Revenue Service agreed to settle a $43 million valuation dispute over a conservation easement donated by the co-founder of the Zaxby's restaurant chain and his wife, prompting a Georgia federal court Thursday to cancel next month's anticipated jury trial.

  • July 25, 2024

    Vanguard Opposes Investors' Cert. Bid In Tax Liability Suit

    A group of investors accusing Vanguard of violating its fiduciary duties by triggering a sell-off of assets that left smaller investors with massive tax bills shouldn't be granted class certification, the asset manager told a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • July 25, 2024

    GOP House Bill Would End IRS Direct Filing Program

    Two House Republicans introduced legislation that would end the Internal Revenue Service's Direct File online filing system.

  • July 25, 2024

    IRS Adds Audit Updates To Individual Online Accounts

    The Internal Revenue Service has added features to individual online taxpayer accounts, including a way to get updates on audits, thanks to increased funding provided by the 2022 tax and climate law, the agency said Thursday.

  • July 24, 2024

    NC Man Gets Prison, $4.4M Fine For Stealing From Customers

    A North Carolina businessman who admitted to stealing customers' bank and credit account information and spending their funds at casinos has been ordered to serve almost three years in prison and to pay a penalty of more than $4.4 million, prosecutors announced this week.

  • July 24, 2024

    Atty Can't Deduct Car Racing Costs As Ads, US Tells 10th Circ.

    A personal injury lawyer who also races cars shouldn't be allowed to deduct about $300,000 for racing-related costs as ordinary business advertising expenses because they're unrelated to his law practice, the U.S. government told the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday.

  • July 24, 2024

    Senate Tees Up Votes On Two Tax Court Nominees

    The U.S. Senate set the stage Wednesday for the chamber to proceed with votes on two of President Joe Biden's picks for U.S. Tax Court seats.

  • July 24, 2024

    IRS' $15M Jeopardy Assessment OK'd In Offshore Tax Fight

    A Florida federal court has upheld a $15 million immediate tax assessment against a man who transferred his father's estate into trusts for himself and his mother and refused to pay what the IRS claimed was tax debt on his father's undisclosed offshore accounts.

  • July 24, 2024

    IRS Sets Criteria For Carbon Capture Credit Life Cycle Report

    The Internal Revenue Service detailed standards and procedures Wednesday for a written report on a carbon sequestration facility's greenhouse gas emissions that project owners must submit and get agency approval on before claiming the carbon oxide tax credit.

  • July 24, 2024

    Affordable Housing Pro Moves Practice To Nelson Mullins

    An attorney who specializes in advising clients on completing affordable housing development projects has recently moved her practice to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Pittsburgh office.

  • July 24, 2024

    New Jersey Joining IRS Free E-File Program in 2025

    The IRS' Direct File free electronic tax return filing program will be available in New Jersey in the 2025 tax filing season, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday.

  • July 24, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Tax Suit Seeking $35M In Gold Coins

    The U.S. Court of Federal Claims correctly tossed a man's lawsuit seeking more than $35 million in gold coins as restitution for claims regarding a decades-old tax bill, as that court does not have jurisdiction, a Federal Circuit panel affirmed Wednesday.

  • July 24, 2024

    Senate Finance Committee Holding Tax Court Noms Session

    The Senate Finance Committee will host an open executive session Thursday to consider three nominations to the U.S. Tax Court, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday.

  • July 24, 2024

    Dentons Brings On Former Big 4 Exec As New Global CEO

    Global law firm Dentons, which has made a name for itself by aggressive growth through combinations, has tapped a new global chief executive officer with leadership experience at accounting giant EY, the firm's first change at the top in over a decade.

  • July 23, 2024

    Cannabis Industry Stakeholders Weigh In On Rescheduling

    As the period for public comment on the Biden administration's proposal to reclassify marijuana came to a close Monday, anti-legalization activists, marijuana industry advocates and state cannabis regulators each submitted their thoughts on the potential policy shift.

  • July 23, 2024

    House Delays Vote On FY25 IRS Budget Legislation

    The House delayed an expected vote Tuesday on the Internal Revenue Service's budget for fiscal 2025, casting doubt on whether GOP lawmakers will meet their goal of passing the funding bill before Congress' annual August recess begins next week.

  • July 23, 2024

    Newell Says IRS Misapplied Pricing Law In $124M Dispute

    Newell Brands told the U.S. Tax Court the Internal Revenue Service misapplied transfer pricing law to levy almost $124 million in additional taxes and penalties.

  • July 23, 2024

    White House Taps VA Official To Helm Tax Watchdog

    President Joe Biden has nominated a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigator to serve as Treasury inspector general for tax administration, the Internal Revenue Service's federal watchdog, the White House announced Tuesday.

  • July 23, 2024

    Feds Urge 6th Circ. To Affirm Pharma Owner's Fraud Sentence

    The Sixth Circuit should affirm a district court's fraud convictions, nearly five-year sentence and $7 million restitution order against an Ohio pharmaceutical salesman who underreported his income to reduce his tax liability in a multimillion-dollar scheme involving bogus insurance billings, the federal government said.

  • July 23, 2024

    Farm Owner Must Boost Taxable Income, 8th Circ. Told

    An Arkansas company that leases farmland must raise its reported income by $230,000 because it failed to get permission from the IRS to change its accounting method, the U.S. told the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday in asking it to uphold a U.S. Tax Court ruling.

  • July 23, 2024

    IRS Notice Signals Direction On Corp. AMT Regs, Official Says

    An Internal Revenue Service notice regarding the U.S. corporate alternative minimum tax can be read as a signal about how the agency will more broadly address the measure's potential for counting offshore income twice, an IRS official said Tuesday.

  • July 23, 2024

    Winston & Strawn Adds MoFo Tax Pro As Partner In NY

    Winston & Strawn LLP has added a transactional tax specialist from Morrison Foerster LLP as a partner with the firm's transactions department and tax practice in New York.

  • July 23, 2024

    Former Doctor To Be Released From Jail In FBAR Fight

    A former doctor will be released from U.S. custody after a Michigan federal court lifted Tuesday an order of civil contempt against him for failure to pay about $1 million in foreign account reporting penalties.

Expert Analysis

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Trump Hush Money Case Offers Master Class In Trial Strategy

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    The New York criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump typifies some of the greatest challenges that lawyers face in crafting persuasive presentations, providing lessons on how to handle bad facts, craft a simple story that withstands attack, and cross-examine with that story in mind, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • State-Regulated Cannabis Can Thrive Without Section 280E

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    Marijauna's reclassification as a Schedule III-controlled substance comes at a critical juncture, as removing marijuana from being subjected to Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code is the only path forward for the state-regulated cannabis industry to survive and thrive, say Andrew Kline at Perkins Coie and Sammy Markland at FTI Consulting.

  • Asset Manager Exemption Shifts May Prove Too Burdensome

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    The U.S. Department of Labor’s recent change to a prohibited transaction exemption used by retirement plan asset managers introduces a host of new costs, burdens and risks to investment firms, from registration requirements to new transition periods, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • A Look At New IRS Rules For Domestically Controlled REITs

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    The Internal Revenue Services' finalized Treasury Regulations addressing whether real estate investment trusts qualify as domestically controlled adopt the basic structure of previous proposals, but certain new and modified rules may mitigate the regulations' impact, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Should NIL Collectives Be Allowed Tax-Favored Status?

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    Arguments are being made for and against allowing organizations to provide charitable contribution tax deductions for donations used to compensate student-athletes, a practice with impacts on competition for student-athletes and overall tax fairness, but ultimately it is a question for Congress, say Andres Castillo and Barry Gogel at the University of Maryland School of Law.

  • Understanding The IRC's Excessive Refund Claim Penalty

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    Taxpayers considering protective refund claims pending resolution of major questions in tax cases like Moore v. U.S., which is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, should understand how doing so may also leave them vulnerable to an excessive refund claim penalty under Internal Revenue Code Section 6676, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Don't Use The Same Template For Every Client Alert

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    As the old marketing adage goes, consistency is key, but law firm style guides need consistency that contemplates variety when it comes to client alert formats, allowing attorneys to tailor alerts to best fit the audience and subject matter, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Follow The Iron Rule Of Trial Logic

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    Many diligent and eager attorneys include every good fact, point and rule in their trial narratives — spurred by the gnawing fear they’ll be second-guessed for leaving something out — but this approach ignores a fundamental principle of successful trial lawyering, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • The Art Of Asking: Leveraging Your Contacts For Referrals

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    Though attorneys may hesitate to ask for referral recommendations to generate new business, research shows that people want to help others they know, like and trust, so consider who in your network you should approach and how to make the ask, says Rebecca Hnatowski at Edwards Advisory.

  • Unpacking The Bill To Extend TCJA's Biz-Friendly Tax Breaks

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    Attorneys at Skadden examine how a bipartisan bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate to save the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's tax breaks for research and development costs, and other expiring business-friendly provisions, would affect taxpayers.

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