International

  • July 05, 2024

    The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court's session ended with a series of blockbuster cases that granted the president broad immunity, changed federal gun policy and kneecapped administrative agencies. And many of the biggest decisions fell along partisan lines.

  • July 05, 2024

    The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

    This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including gerrymandering, abortion and federal agency authority, and a hot bench ever more willing to engage in a lengthy back-and-forth with advocates. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.

  • July 05, 2024

    Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

    In the coming months, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS will defend rules designed to go after what they consider as abusive tax practices, including the economic substance doctrine, the Corporate Transparency Act and the moratorium on employee retention tax credits. Here, Law360 looks at key federal tax cases to watch in the rest of 2024.

  • July 05, 2024

    Starmer Picks Reeves For Treasury To Steer Growth Aims

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handed the reins of the U.K.'s fiscal and economic policy to Rachel Reeves, formally naming her as the next chancellor of the exchequer in the first of a round of cabinet appointments on Friday.

  • July 05, 2024

    EU Imposes Anti-Subsidy Duties On Chinese EVs

    The European Commission imposed provisional import duties of 17.4% to 37.6% on electric vehicles made in China to compensate for what it said were unfair state subsidies throughout the manufacturing and sales process.

  • July 05, 2024

    EU Official Says Members Blind To Cross-Border Business

    A senior European Union tax official has criticized EU member states for failing to adjust their tax systems to help particularly smaller businesses wanting to carry out activities in multiple countries within the bloc.

  • July 04, 2024

    Labour's Big UK Election Win Clears Way For Tax Reform

    Labour's victory in the U.K. general election clears the way for plans to raise taxes on the rich to close a widening spending gap, but it could also mean wider fiscal reform in the new government's first budget later this year.

  • July 04, 2024

    Labour Sweeps Tories From Power In UK Election Rout

    Keir Starmer was poised to become Britain's next prime minister on Friday after his Labour Party ousted Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of Tory government with a pledge of "national renewal."

  • July 04, 2024

    EU Should Tighten Fiscal Policies In 2025, Advisers Say

    European countries using the euro should tighten their fiscal policies "sizably" next year, combining raising taxes with cuts to spending, depending on national circumstances, an advisory board has said.

  • July 03, 2024

    Ex-Defense Contractor Evaded Taxes On $350 Million, US Says

    A former defense contractor and his wife face a 30-count indictment alleging they were involved in a decadeslong scheme to defraud the U.S. government and avoid taxes on more than $350 million in income, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Warren, Other Pols Push Yellen For Corp. Minimum Tax Rules

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren and three other lawmakers urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for the department to quickly release regulations to implement the corporate alternative minimum tax in a letter released Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Australia Clarifies Hybrid Mismatch Tax Rules

    The Australian Taxation Office issued guidance Wednesday further clarifying two aspects of its hybrid mismatch rules designed to prevent multinational corporations from exploiting differences in tax treatment between jurisdictions.

  • July 03, 2024

    Former OECD Deputy Tax Director Joining KPMG Australia

    A former deputy tax director for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is joining KPMG Australia as a partner starting next month, the firm said Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Fox Rothschild Hires Pryor Cashman Nonprofit Leads

    Fox Rothschild LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of two Pryor Cashman LLP partners for its corporate department in New York.

  • July 03, 2024

    Slovenia Tax Incentives Impair Decarbonization, OECD Says

    Slovenia's reduced tax rates for certain harmful fossil fuels have hurt the country's efforts to limit its carbon emissions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Gibraltar Expects Draft Top-Up Tax Legislation In September

    Gibraltar is planning to have legislation ready for consideration in September that would enact the domestic top-up tax portion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Pillar Two standards to fight tax base erosion and profit shifting, a government official said Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    11 Arrested In €30M VAT Fraud Involving Olive Oil, Sugar

    An investigation into a €30 million ($32 million) value-added tax fraud scheme based in Portugal involving essential food products such as olive oil and sugar resulted in 11 arrests, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Shifting Taxes From Labor Helps Growth, EU Report Says

    Well-designed tax systems can support socially inclusive and sustainable growth in the European Union, such as by shifting taxes from labor to environmental and property taxes, the European Commission said.

  • July 03, 2024

    Tax Pros Want To Ensure Cooperation Between UN, OECD

    A group representing more than half a million tax advisers across three continents said Wednesday that governments and stakeholders should ensure that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations work closely in forming global tax policy.

  • July 03, 2024

    Federal Tax Policy To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

    Congressional lawmakers are grappling with the looming 2025 expiration of the 2017 GOP tax overhaul, a situation made more difficult by the coming elections in November that could define what, if any, tax legislation is eventually signed into law this year. Here, Law360 examines federal tax policy to watch in the second half of 2024.

  • July 02, 2024

    NJ Couple Ordered To Pay $2.5M In FBAR Penalties

    A New Jersey couple were ordered to pay $2.5 million in penalties and interest for failing to report their foreign bank accounts in Switzerland, according to court documents.

  • July 02, 2024

    Eaton Needs To Cough Up Docs In IRS Probe, US Says

    The U.S. government urged an Ohio federal judge to order power management multinational Eaton to produce records on certain European employees in response to an IRS investigation, arguing the company's contention the court lacks jurisdiction is "pure sophistry."

  • July 02, 2024

    Saudi Arabia Extends COVID-19 Tax Penalty Exemptions

    Saudi Arabia's tax authority extended pandemic-inspired broad exemptions from certain tax-related penalties and fines, such as those for late filings and payments, through the end of the year.

  • July 02, 2024

    Financial Crime Body Updating Risk Assessment Guidance

    An intergovernmental task force announced it is seeking public input on ways it could improve guidance for its process for countries to determine their risks of bad actors using their financial systems for money laundering.

  • July 02, 2024

    Belgium Delays Pillar 2 Reporting For Some Groups

    Belgium's finance ministry on Tuesday pushed back the deadline to Sept. 16 for some entities in scope of its implementation of the OECD's Pillar Two global 15% minimum tax to comply with the country's mandatory notification system.

Expert Analysis

  • For Lawyers, Pessimism Should Be A Job Skill, Not A Life Skill

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    A pessimistic mindset allows attorneys to be effective advocates for their clients, but it can come with serious costs for their personal well-being, so it’s crucial to exercise strategies that produce flexible optimism and connect lawyers with their core values, says Krista Larson at Stinson.

  • Requiring Leave To File Amicus Briefs Is A Bad Idea

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    A proposal to amend the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure that would require parties to get court permission before filing federal amicus briefs would eliminate the long-standing practice of consent filing and thereby make the process less open and democratic, says Lawrence Ebner at the Atlantic Legal Foundation and DRI Center.

  • 4 Ways To Motivate Junior Attorneys To Bring Their Best

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    As Gen Z and younger millennial attorneys increasingly express dissatisfaction with their work and head for the exits, the lawyers who manage them must understand and attend to their needs and priorities to boost engagement and increase retention, says Stacey Schwartz at Katten.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs

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    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Stay Interviews Are Key To Retaining Legal Talent

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    Even as the economy shifts and layoffs continue, law firms still want to retain their top attorneys, and so-called stay interviews — informal conversations with employees to identify potential issues before they lead to turnover — can be a crucial tool for improving retention and morale, say Tina Cohen Nicol and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.

  • Neb. Justices Should Weigh IRC Terms In Dividend Tax Case

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    Nebraska’s highest court, which will hear oral arguments in Precision CastParts v. Department of Revenue on April 1, should recognize that the Internal Revenue Code provides key clues to defining “dividends received or deemed to be received,” and therefore limits Nebraska’s tax on foreign-sourced corporate income, says Joseph Schmidt at Ryan.

  • Judicial Independence Is Imperative This Election Year

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    As the next election nears, the judges involved in the upcoming trials against former President Donald Trump increasingly face political pressures and threats of violence — revealing the urgent need to safeguard judicial independence and uphold the rule of law, says Benes Aldana at the National Judicial College.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents

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    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • What Recent Study Shows About AI's Promise For Legal Tasks

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    Amid both skepticism and excitement about the promise of generative artificial intelligence in legal contexts, the first randomized controlled trial studying its impact on basic lawyering tasks shows mixed but promising results, and underscores the need for attorneys to proactively engage with AI, says Daniel Schwarcz at University of Minnesota Law School.

  • How FinCEN Proposal Expands RE Transaction Obligations

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    Against a regulatory backdrop foreshadowing anti-money laundering efforts in the real estate sector, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's proposed rule significantly expands reporting requirements for certain nonfinanced residential real estate transfers and necessitates careful review, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Litigation Inspiration: A Source Of Untapped Fulfillment

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    As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

  • Unpacking FinCEN's Proposed Real Estate Transaction Rule

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    Phil Jelsma and Ulrick Matsunaga at Crosbie Gliner take a close look at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recently proposed rulemaking — which mandates new disclosures for professionals involved in all-cash real estate deals — and discuss best next steps for the broad range of businesses that could be affected.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC

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    The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

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