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August 18, 2026
The deadline for filing a petition in the U.S. Tax Court isn't a jurisdictional bar that prevents the court from hearing a Maine company's late-filed challenge of a transferee liability notice for unpaid taxes, but the deadline can't be extended to create fairness, the First Circuit said.
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August 18, 2026
A CEO of a development company said his lawsuit over a dismissed criminal racketeering case against him and New Jersey power broker George E. Norcross III should survive former state Attorney General Matt Platkin's dismissal bid, arguing that Platkin, once the state's chief prosecutor, is not entitled to any immunity.
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August 18, 2026
The European Union's carbon import levy on emissions-intensive goods such as aluminum and cement will allow importers to reduce the cost of the levy to mirror carbon allowances granted to EU producers based on benchmark values, according to guidance from the bloc's executive.
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August 17, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered former Goldman Sachs banking executive Patricia L. Bowden to pay more than $860,000 in damages after she failed to take action in the federal government's lawsuit that alleged she willfully failed to report her Australian bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service.
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August 17, 2026
A Georgia federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by an attorney and his firm alleging a 2021 law designed to combat money laundering could force the attorney to violate attorney-client privilege, finding the plaintiffs had failed to allege any concrete injury that would empower them to pursue the case.
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August 17, 2026
Six attorneys who weighed in on President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service told a Florida federal court Monday that he hasn't demonstrated that he will prove that its ruling that the settlement from the suit lacked a legitimate controversy violated due process.
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August 17, 2026
The U.S. Court of International Trade should grant class certification to companies seeking refunds of duties paid under the invalidated global tariff regime, the company serving as a test case for the refunds said in arguments mirroring those recently made in the underlying dispute.
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August 17, 2026
A Michigan homeowner who lived in the state while her husband lived in Washington state is eligible for a principal residence exemption despite filing a nonresident return for one year, a panel of the Michigan Appeals Court ruled.
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August 17, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service has proposed transfer pricing adjustments for UnitedHealth Group Inc. that the company is disputing, according to a quarterly report.
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August 17, 2026
Australian software company Atlassian Corp. is seeking to renew an advance pricing agreement with the Australian Taxation Office that produced a hefty settlement, the company said in its annual report.
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August 14, 2026
A recent Fourth Circuit decision in a retirement plan dispute between tobacco giant Altria and an ex-worker underscored how service provider contracts can introduce snags in litigation, with benefits attorneys warning that employers may want to review documents with the potential for disclosure in mind.
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August 14, 2026
Stakeholders anticipate new tariffs on key trading partners stemming from allegations that excess manufacturing capacity is causing harm to U.S. businesses, but several open questions remain about the extent to which duty burdens will increase and whether countries will retaliate in response. Here, Law360 considers four such questions.
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August 14, 2026
A Colorado county's decision to build a half-billion-dollar judicial center required voter approval under the state's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, a county council member said in a suit, attempting to halt the project.
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August 14, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel grappled Friday with valuation questions regarding a Georgia conservation easement, including whether the U.S. Tax Court erred in rejecting the IRS' determination while still using the agency's data points in reducing a $33 million tax deduction.
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August 14, 2026
A Chicago tax applied monthly to leased vehicles violates the state's constitution, a taxpayer told a state court, arguing the levy flouts the uniformity clause.
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August 14, 2026
A safe harbor for the carbon sequestration tax credit's reporting requirements will apply to a method that uses carbon oxide used as a tertiary injectant in qualified oil and gas extraction projects, the IRS announced Friday, expanding earlier guidance for the incentive.
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August 14, 2026
Baker McKenzie partner Cameron Reilly helped secure a key tax court ruling for FedEx Corp. to invalidate regulations on mandatory repatriation under the 2017 federal tax changes, and was a lead attorney in Facebook Inc.'s successful challenge to cost-sharing regulations for multinational corporations, earning him a spot among the tax practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2026
The United Nations is seeking input on a draft version of its proposed framework international tax convention, a protocol on taxing cross-border services and conventions on dispute prevention and resolution, the body's Department of Economic and Social Affairs said Friday.
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August 14, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, GO Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and a consortium of buyers acquire H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, insurance exchange Accelerant goes private in a deal with Thoma Bravo, and Goldman Sachs acquires NEOS Investments.
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August 14, 2026
The mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, faces federal charges for allegedly obtaining more than $1.5 million in COVID-19 small business loans and using the money to fund his campaign coffers, pay his taxes, and pay off nearly $900,000 in high-interest, hard-money mortgages on properties he owned.
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August 13, 2026
A split Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed a decision to slash three Georgia landowners' conservation easement value from $18 million to $1 million Thursday, saying the U.S. Tax Court didn't need to determine the property's best use because the parties already agreed on that use.
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August 13, 2026
A Texas man pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS by promoting and selling a fraudulent tax shelter in a scheme that resulted in a tax loss to the federal government of approximately $43 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
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August 13, 2026
A Fifth Circuit panel revised its ruling in a long-running feud over the self-employment tax exclusion for certain business partners, adjusting its interpretation of "limited partner" and narrowing its finding that a state's limited liability designation triggers the tax break.
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August 13, 2026
The 54-member African Group wants the United Nations tax convention's dispute protocol to supersede substantially similar mechanisms already in force unless parties agree otherwise, according to negotiations held Thursday.
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August 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's revocation of a de minimis exemption for low-value goods to enter the U.S. duty-free was allowed under a law that the U.S. Supreme Court separately determined could not otherwise authorize tariffs on its own, the Court of International Trade ruled Thursday.