Tax

  • May 22, 2026

    $30M In Tax Fraud Penalties Didn't Need Juries, Justices Told

    The IRS did not violate a group of taxpayers' rights to jury trials when it hit them with more than $30 million in penalties for tax fraud, the agency told the U.S. Supreme Court, maintaining that the Eleventh Circuit's decision to deny them juries should stand.

  • May 22, 2026

    Wis. Justices Turn Away Skechers' License Deal Tax Fight

    Wisconsin's top court let stand a ruling that found Skechers USA lacked purpose — other than avoiding taxes — for creating a subsidiary and entering into transactions with it that resulted in the company claiming nearly half a billion dollars in deductions in the state.

  • May 22, 2026

    NFL's Bears Bury Idea Of Putting New Stadium In Chicago

    The National Football League's Chicago Bears said the team is no longer looking to build a new stadium in the city of Chicago as they weigh a move to either Arlington Heights, Illinois, or Hammond, Indiana.

  • May 22, 2026

    Cannabis Grower Challenges Colorado's Pot Tax Calculus

    Colorado's marijuana regulator used an "unlawful" method for calculating average market rates of cannabis that resulted in inflated excise taxes being assessed against state-licensed operators, a proposed class action filed Thursday in Denver state court alleges.

  • May 22, 2026

    Pension Plans Can't Shake Belgium's $144M Tax Fraud Suit

    A group of pension plans and associated individuals cannot use timing limitations to quickly dismiss the Belgian government's suit alleging they fraudulently claimed about €124 million ($144 million) in tax refunds on dividends, a New York federal court said.

  • May 22, 2026

    Eversheds Sutherland Tax Atty Moves To Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired in Washington, D.C., a former Eversheds Sutherland counsel who advises clients on state and local tax controversies, tax planning and tax policy matters, the firm has announced.

  • May 22, 2026

    Prosecutors Seek $1.98M Forfeiture In Goldstein Case

    Federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly $2 million forfeiture judgment against convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and asking a Maryland federal judge to turn the Supreme Court lawyer's Northwest D.C. home over to the government to pay it.

  • May 22, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, McGuireWoods

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. combine, investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lead a group of investors to buy pharmaceuticals company Recordati SpA, and NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy merge.

  • May 22, 2026

    SC Authorizes Local Sales Tax To Provide Property Tax Relief

    Municipalities in three South Carolina counties will be authorized to impose sales taxes of up to 1% to provide property tax relief, with local voter approval, under legislation signed by the governor.

  • May 21, 2026

    DC Circ. Seeks Trump Admin Input On $5B Award Case

    The D.C. Circuit on Thursday sought the views of the Trump administration on a crucial component of Russia's sovereign immunity defense as the appeals court weighs jurisdiction in litigation to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, which was issued to Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm.

  • May 21, 2026

    Goldstein Taps Ex-SG Prelogar Before Sentence, Likely Appeal

    One of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Tom Goldstein, revealed Thursday he has retained another of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Elizabeth Prelogar, ahead of his sentencing and likely appeal in a criminal tax case that has captivated the appellate bar.

  • May 21, 2026

    Minnesota Tribal Land Trust Order Was Biased, 8th Circ. Told

    Morrison County, Minnesota, and two townships are seeking to vacate a decision to take about 3,238 acres into trust for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, arguing it was based on a biased process in which the tribe pays Bureau of Indian Affairs' salaries to process trust requests.

  • May 21, 2026

    Baltimore Atty Not Liable For Client's Taxes, 4th Circ. Told

    A Baltimore attorney is challenging a court's order that he cover unpaid federal income taxes owed by his client's holding company, telling the Fourth Circuit on Thursday that the government is wrongly using the Federal Priority Statute as a workaround for the Federal Tax Lien Act.

  • May 21, 2026

    Portugal Must Reclaim Illegal State Aid, EU Court Says

    The European Union's top court said Thursday that Portugal can't suspend tax enforcement proceedings against a company that benefited from unlawful state aid granted by the Madeira Free Zone.

  • May 21, 2026

    Amgen Wants To Preserve Right To Seek Double Tax Relief

    Drugmaker Amgen wants to preserve its right to seek a refund for tax years 2010 through 2015 if the IRS "persists" in taking a position inconsistent with the agency's own arguments pertaining to those years in its audit of 2016 to 2018, the company told the U.S. Tax Court.

  • May 21, 2026

    Intuit's PTAB Win On Browsing Patent Upheld At Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday approved a Patent Trial and Review Board decision that held a patent owned by Samesurf Inc. that was asserted against TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. was invalid, rejecting Samesurf's arguments that an improper claim construction was used.

  • May 21, 2026

    EPPO Conducts Searches In €2.6M VAT Fraud Case

    Authorities across Europe have searched several properties tied to a €2.6 million ($3 million) value-added tax fraud by suspects whom the European Public Prosecutor's Office believe are linked to other VAT frauds worth hundreds of millions of euros, the office said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    UK To Block Foreign Co. Losses From Lowering Domestic Tax

    The U.K. will require companies to exempt profits and losses attributed to a foreign permanent establishment from domestic taxation beginning next year, HM Revenue & Customs said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    Iowa Caps Property Tax Revenue For Localities

    The amount of property tax revenue that can be raised by an Iowa city or county will be limited beginning in 2026 under a bill signed by the governor. 

  • May 21, 2026

    ECJ Adviser Backs Challenge To Sweden's Bank Risk Tax

    The European Union's lower court was wrong to uphold Sweden's risk tax on the country's largest credit institutions, an adviser to the bloc's top court said Thursday, because the levy could create a potential selective advantage for untaxed companies.

  • May 21, 2026

    Taiwan Outlines Filing Extensions For Controlled Foreign Cos.

    Companies filing taxes in Taiwan are required to declare income from controlled foreign corporations and must apply for a one-time extension by midyear if they're unable to submit audited financial statements, the tax authority said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    UK To Crack Down On Energy Giants' Offshore Tax Planning

    U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced plans Thursday to restrict offshore tax planning by energy multinationals as part of a series of fiscal measures, including cuts to fuel duty and value-added tax.

  • May 20, 2026

    DOJ, Drugmakers Spar After Justices Snub 6 Negotiation Suits

    The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to have it both ways in drug pricing litigation, telling the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene before additional circuits decide pending challenges and then using this week's nonintervention as ammunition against those challenges, drugmakers are arguing at appeals courts.

  • May 20, 2026

    NC Voters To Weigh Income, Property Tax Limits

    North Carolina voters will decide in November on two proposed constitutional amendments aimed at curbing their income and property taxes after the state General Assembly approved sending the measures to the ballot Wednesday.

  • May 20, 2026

    FERC Erred Over Utility's Tax Deferral Method, DC Circ. Told

    Wholesale transmission customers of American Electric Power Co. Inc. units told the D.C. Circuit this week that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly allowed the utility giant to depart from an established method to allocate carried-forward tax allowances, increasing those customers' rates.

Expert Analysis

  • Where PCAOB Goes Next After A Year Of Uncertainty

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    The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will likely bring fewer enforcement matters in 2026, reflecting a notable change in board priorities following the change in administrations, say Robert Cox and Nicole Byrd at Whiteford Taylor and Matthew Rogers at Bridgehaven Consulting.

  • Series

    Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Teaching middle and high school students the skills to untangle complicated arguments and identify faulty reasoning has made me reacquaint myself with the defined structure of thought, reminding me why logic should remain foundational in the practice of law, says Tom Barrow at Woods Rogers.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience

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    Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly without internalizing defeat and moving forward with intention, says Nicholas Meza at Quarles & Brady.

  • 5th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Tax Rules For Limited Partners

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    The Fifth Circuit’s Jan. 16 decision in Sirius Solutions v. Commissioner provides greater tax planning certainty by adopting a bright-line test for determining when partners in limited liability companies are exempt from self-employment tax, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools

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    Attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and summarize conversations with clients should heed the New York City Bar Association’s recent opinion addressing the legal and ethical risks posed by such tools, and follow several best practices to avoid violating the Rules of Professional Conduct, say attorneys at Smith Gambrell.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court

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    While a robust body of law hasn't yet developed since the Utah Business and Chancery Court's founding in October 2024, the number of cases filed there has recently picked up, and its existence illustrates Utah's desire to be top of mind for businesses across the country, says Evan Strassberg at Michael Best.

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

  • 3 Key Ohio Financial Services Developments From 2025

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    Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw particularly notable developments in 2025, including a significant Ohio Supreme Court decision on creditor disclosure duties to guarantors in Huntington National Bank v. Schneider, and some major proposed changes to the state's Homebuyer Plus program, says Alex Durst at Durst Kerridge.

  • Rescheduling Cannabis Marks New Tax Era For Operators

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    As the attorney general takes steps to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, operators and advisers should prepare by considering the significant changes this will bring from tax, state, industry and market perspectives, says Michael Harlow at CohnReznick.

  • Series

    Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • Presidential Pardon Brokering Can Create Risks For Attys

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    The emergence of an apparent “pardon shopping” marketplace, in which attorneys treat presidential pardons as a market product, may invite investigative scrutiny of counsel and potential criminal charges grounded in bribery, wire fraud and other statutes, says David Klasing at The Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

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    My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

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    The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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