Tax

April 21, 2025
BREAKING: Harvard Sues Trump Admin. Over $2B Funding Freeze

Harvard University on Monday hit the Trump administration with a suit in Massachusetts federal court, escalating a high-profile battle after the government slashed more than $2 billion in funding amid allegations the elite school has failed to properly address antisemitism on its campus.
April 21, 2025
Taiwan Installs Tariff Relief Measures For Exporters

Certain Taiwanese businesses that export goods to the U.S. will have access to lower loan interest rates and waived exporter insurance fees if they can show they are heavily impacted by U.S. tariffs, Taiwan's Ministry of Finance said Monday.
April 21, 2025
US, Italy Say Tech Cos. Must Not Face Discriminatory Taxes

Italy and the U.S. agree that discrimination tech companies face in the form of digital services taxes must end in order to enable investments from those companies, according to a joint statement by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump.
April 21, 2025
US Asks 4th Circ. To Pause Review Of Corp. Transparency Act

The U.S. government urged the Fourth Circuit to pause a challenge brought by community associations against an information disclosure law aimed at small businesses, arguing that the U.S. Treasury Department's newly narrowed rules could moot the claims.
April 21, 2025
Unions Score Block On Orders To Fire Probationary Workers

A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.
April 21, 2025
Suspended Ohio Atty Gets Prison Over Payroll Tax Fraud

A suspended Ohio attorney who admitted that he failed to pay $750,000 in payroll taxes while managing his wife's dental practice was sentenced to six months in prison after telling a federal judge that he did not intend to steal from the government, according to an order signed Monday.
April 21, 2025
Eateries Owner Gets 3 Years For Tax, COVID Fraud

A restaurant owner who committed tax crimes and illegally collected more than $1.7 million in pandemic relief money was sentenced to more than three years in prison by a California federal judge, a fraction of the sentence urged by prosecutors who pointed to millions in cash hidden in his bedroom.
April 21, 2025
Supreme Court Won't Hear Neb. Tribe's Tobacco Sales Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear two Nebraska tribal companies' bid to undo an Eighth Circuit ruling that held the state can regulate a tribally owned manufacturer's sales of cigarettes to Indigenous-owned distributors after officials attempted to apply a settlement with major tobacco companies on the Winnebago reservation.
April 19, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Preventive Healthcare, LGBTQ Books

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in five cases this week, including disputes over the constitutionality of a task force that sets preventive healthcare coverage requirements, a school district's introduction of LGBTQ-themed storybooks and whether parties can establish standing based on harms affecting third parties.
April 18, 2025
Ore. Realtors Urge Panel To Reject Fees On Vacant Homes

Proposed legislation to allow local governments to impose fees on certain vacant homes would violate fundamental principles of property rights, Oregon Realtors told a state Senate panel.
April 18, 2025
Ex-Mass. Transit Worker Gets 6 Years For Fraud, Tax Evasion

A former assistant chief engineer for the Boston commuter rail system was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for crimes including failing to withhold and pay federal taxes on income from two illegal schemes, prosecutors said Friday.
April 18, 2025
Del. House Bill Would Exempt Overtime Pay From Income Tax

Delaware would exempt eligible workers' overtime pay from state income tax under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
April 18, 2025
Trump Ousts New IRS Acting Chief Days After Appointment

The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump will appoint the U.S. Treasury Department's deputy secretary to be the acting IRS commissioner to replace a former special agent who was appointed to the role days before.
April 18, 2025
Swiss-Italian Man Seeks To Block IRS Getting Data From Apple

A Swiss-Italian man is seeking to quash an IRS summons on Apple Inc. to produce records linked to his account as part of a probe into his Swiss income tax liabilities, according to a petition filed in California federal court.
April 18, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Global Payments Inc. buys Worldpay from GTCR and FIS, Intel Corp. sells a stake in its Altera business to Silver Lake, KKR acquires OSTTRA from S&P Global and CME Group, and Canada's Capital Power Corp. nabs two U.S. natural gas power plants.
April 18, 2025
5 Takeaways From Texas Stock Exchange's SEC Filing

The newly formed Texas Stock Exchange LLC is proposing rules that largely resemble those of the New York heavyweights it seeks to challenge, along with some notable differences, leaving questions on how the exchange will distinguish itself. Here are five takeaways from TXSE's securities filing.
April 17, 2025
Tribal Members Fight Bid To Transfer Canadian Tariff Dispute

Four members of Montana's Blackfeet Nation are fighting a motion by the federal government to transfer their bid to block several Trump administration orders and proclamations imposing tariffs on Canadian goods, arguing there's no legal basis for the move to the U.S. Court of International Trade.
April 17, 2025
Man's Deportation Looms After Tax Evasion Plea Stands

A Connecticut federal judge denied a man's attempt to vacate his guilty plea for tax evasion, despite accepting that his lawyers had misled him into believing that if he received no prison time he could avoid mandatory detention and likely deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
April 17, 2025
Harvard Says No Grounds For IRS To Deny Tax-Exempt Status

Harvard University said Thursday that there is no legal basis to rescind its tax-exempt status amid an investigation by President Donald Trump's administration into whether the university has violated the terms of that status.
April 17, 2025
Judge Refuses To Recuse Himself In Ga. Defamation Case

A Georgia federal judge on Thursday refused to disqualify himself from presiding over a defamation case arising from a family dispute related to a tax preparation business, while also rejecting a bid to transfer the matter to a federal court in California.
April 17, 2025
Calif. Court Says Co.'s Heart Monitors Are Not Tax-Exempt

A California company is not eligible for a $3.3 million refund of sales and use tax paid on heart monitoring devices because the devices aren't considered tax-exempt medicine, a state appeals court ruled.
April 16, 2025
Union Denied More Time In Feds' Bid To Bless CBA Rebuke

A Kentucky federal judge has refused to delay an approaching hearing on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's bid to nullify its workers' union contracts, despite a union's assertion that it's been given little time to prepare for a consequential case and that it has yet to be served.
April 16, 2025
DC Judge Considers Bid To Block IRS Info Sharing With ICE

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether immigrant advocacy groups have standing to block a tax information-sharing agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement agencies, but she also outlined concerns that the agreement could be abused.
April 16, 2025
Cannabis Co. Drops Back Taxes Case Against 2 Payroll Firms

A Washington cannabis company has dropped claims against a pair of payroll services providers accused of leaving the cannabis company with a $172,500 tax bill after failing to pay the Internal Revenue Service on its behalf.
April 16, 2025
China's Long-Term Prospects Unfazed By Tariffs, Official Says

China's long-term prospects are unfazed by U.S. tariffs because of its industrial resilience, diversified trade and shift toward domestic consumption, a Chinese government official said Wednesday as the country posted 5.4% year-on-year growth in gross domestic product during the first quarter of 2025.

Editor's Picks

Blockchain Tech May Present New Transfer Pricing Challenges

Companies that develop blockchain systems to digitally record transactions may face difficulties when valuing intangibles tied to the decentralized and highly varied technology, creating novel transfer pricing issues for multinational corporations that create their own blockchain networks.
Trump-Era Tariff Angst Hasn't Gone Away Under Biden

The early days of the Biden administration have been relatively quiet on the trade front, but importers have nevertheless found themselves in the throes of a familiar battle: pleading with the government to hold off on tariffs in a heated trade dispute.
3 Major Implications For States In Biden's Tax Plans

President Joe Biden's sweeping tax changes proposed to pay for trillions in infrastructure spending would significantly alter the way the federal government taxes corporations, leaving states, for the second time in four years, to decide if and how to conform. Here Law360 presents three considerations for states in the president's tax proposals.

Expert Analysis

10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
Series

Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
Tax Takeaways From Georgia's 2025 Legislative Session

Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland discuss tax-related measures passed by the Georgia Legislature during the session that adjourned on April 4, which included a decrease in income tax rates, an extension of the time in which to a protest tax assessment and cleanup provisions related to launching the state’s new tax court next year.
E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
Maximizing Exemptions Before TCJA Rides Into The Sunset

Excerpt from Practical Guidance

Individuals with taxable estates can optimize the benefits of estate planning strategies like spousal lifetime access trusts by setting them up before increases in estate and gift tax exemptions under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act sunset in January, say attorneys at Katten.
Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
Series

Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
Opinion

Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Tariffs And FCA Create Perfect Storm For Importers

The Trump administration's aggressive tariff policies pose a high risk to certain importation practices that are particularly likely to trigger False Claims Act enforcement, say attorneys at Jeffer Mangels.
Opinion

US Reassessment Of OECD Tax Deal Is Right Move

The wholesale U.S. reevaluation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global tax deal ordered by President Donald Trump is a positive step that could ultimately create a more durable international tax system, says Anne Gordon at the National Foreign Trade Council.