Tax

  • July 23, 2026

    Owner Of Dissolved UK Biz Allowed To Fight Capital Gains Tax

    A London court declined to toss a taxpayer's challenge to a capital gains tax bill on a £1.6 million ($2.1 million) payout he made before liquidating his company, while dismissing his claims of double taxation and other allegations.

  • July 22, 2026

    Coffee Co. Says Acquired Biz's Founder Hid Tax Designation

    The founder of a Colorado coffee equipment provider induced a California coffee equipment manufacturer and its president to acquire the company by hiding its true tax designation on a loan application, the companies and the president allege in a complaint in Colorado state court.

  • July 22, 2026

    Mass. Court Affirms License Loss In Lotto Ticket Scheme

    An intermediate appellate court in Massachusetts on Wednesday affirmed the permanent revocation of lottery sales licenses for two convenience store owners who allegedly played significant roles in a scheme to buy winning lottery tickets from customers seeking to avoid taxes or other obligations.

  • July 22, 2026

    Feds Ask Wash. Judge To Back Canadian's $700K FBAR Fines

    A Canadian man living in the United States should remain on the hook for more than $700,000 in penalties for failing to report foreign bank accounts, the U.S. government told a Washington federal court, arguing he willfully disregarded disclosure requirements.

  • July 22, 2026

    Bipartisan Bill Would Tax And Regulate Hemp THC Products

    Members of Congress on Wednesday unveiled a bipartisan bill to legalize, regulate and tax the manufacture and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, while a federal ban on virtually all consumable hemp products is still due to take effect in less than four months.

  • July 22, 2026

    Illinois Crypto Tax Unfairly Targets Traders, Suit Says

    Illinois' new tax on cryptocurrency, the first in the nation, discriminates against those who trade in crypto and is illegal, a trade group argued in a complaint in a state court.

  • July 22, 2026

    2 Charged In Alleged $52.7M COVID-19 Tax Scheme

    Two men have been indicted in Pennsylvania on allegations that they participated in a multistate conspiracy to bilk the government out of $52.7 million in a COVID-19-related false tax return scheme, according to federal prosecutors.

  • July 22, 2026

    Trump's Expiring Global Tariff Is Valid, US Tells Fed. Circ.

    President Donald Trump's temporary global tariff is lawfully authorized under a statute allowing the executive branch to address serious balance-of-payment deficits, a term that can easily be construed to include the economic conditions referenced in the implementing order, the government told the Federal Circuit.

  • July 22, 2026

    Irish To Propose €1.5B In Tax Cuts For Workers, Gov't Says

    The Irish government will propose €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) in new tax cuts for workers in its €8.5 billion budget for next year, the country's Department of Finance said Wednesday.

  • July 22, 2026

    DOL Asset Manager Exemption Proposal Sent To White House

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency transmitted a proposal affecting a popular exemption to strict prohibitions on many types of transactions involving federally regulated benefit plans to a White House office for review, teeing up the regulation for release.

  • July 22, 2026

    US Expatriations In Q2 Up 68.5% From Last Year, IRS Says

    The number of people who lost or renounced their U.S. citizenship totaled nearly 1,800 in the second quarter of 2026 as logged by the U.S. Treasury Department, up 68.5% year-over-year and 21.8% from the previous quarter, the IRS said Wednesday.

  • July 22, 2026

    DOL Proposes E-Delivery Rule For Employer Health Plans

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would provide more opportunities for electronic delivery of employer-provided health plans' mandatory disclosures.

  • July 21, 2026

    Arbitration Valid In Tax Privacy Suit, H&R Block Tells 9th Circ.

    A California federal judge wrongly denied H&R Block's bid to make two filers arbitrate allegations that it unlawfully shared private data with Meta and Google, the tax preparation company told the Ninth Circuit, disputing the district court's finding that an underlying arbitration agreement is too unfair.

  • July 21, 2026

    IRS Lacks Expert Testimony In Easement Fight, Donor Says

    The Internal Revenue Service is trying to disallow a partnership donor's $19.1 million charitable deduction for a Georgia conservation easement with limited expert testimony, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court, arguing that approach violates the rules governing valuation cases.

  • July 21, 2026

    Sen. Warner Unveils 4-Part AI Guardrail Package

    Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., proposed legislation Tuesday that would create guardrails on artificial intelligence and impose disclosure requirements on data centers' demands on power and water infrastructure and effects on the environment.

  • July 21, 2026

    Amgen To Pay $74M To End Investor Suit Over $10.7B Tax Bill

    Pharmaceutical giant Amgen has agreed to pay $74 million to resolve an investor class action alleging it hid a $10.7 billion tax bill from shareholders, according to an agreement filed in New York federal court.

  • July 21, 2026

    AI Could Raise US Tax Take $216B By 2030, Report Says

    Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could grow U.S. federal tax revenues by up to $216 billion in 2030, yet that figure would be twice as large if income gains weren't skewed toward capital instead of labor, the Yale Budget Lab said.

  • July 21, 2026

    Nintendo Seeks Game Over For Tariff Refund Class Suit

    A proposed class action looking to force Nintendo to reimburse customers for increased costs that were explicitly tied to President Donald Trump's now struck-down tariff regime should be handled in arbitration or tossed entirely, the company told a Seattle federal court.

  • July 21, 2026

    Minn. County Urges State Justices Review School Tax Break

    A Minnesota childcare center that missed a filing deadline related to a property tax exemption for educational institutions should not have been allowed to appeal the matter to the state tax court, a county told the state Supreme Court, urging it to review the case.

  • July 21, 2026

    UN Releases Draft Protocols For International Tax Treaty

    The United Nations has released draft versions of two protocols under negotiation for the framework convention on international tax cooperation.

  • July 21, 2026

    Burnham Removes Tax On Electric Bills To Ease Living Costs

    Electricity bills will be freed from value-added tax to relieve financial pressure on British households and small businesses this winter, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Tuesday.

  • July 20, 2026

    EY Sued Over Breach Targeting Client Tax, Financial Info

    An Ernst & Young customer's personal, financial and tax information might have been compromised after it was determined cybercriminals accessed a third-party support ticket system used by EY's IT staff, he said in a proposed class action in New York federal court Monday.

  • July 20, 2026

    DOJ Hints Russian Court Ruling May Not Stop $5B Award

    The Trump administration on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to closely evaluate a Russian court's determination that an underlying arbitration agreement is invalid as it weighs whether to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, saying circumstances surrounding the ruling should be a factor.

  • July 20, 2026

    Energy Cash-Grant Case Casts Light On Investment Tax Credit

    The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' long-awaited decision on a California wind farm's valuation for a now-defunct cash grant program offers insight into an issue on which the IRS has issued little guidance: how to value clean energy projects financed by the investment tax credit.

  • July 20, 2026

    DOJ Says $1.8B Fund Is Dead, Urges Court To Toss Suit

    A Virginia federal judge should dismiss a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's $1.8 billion settlement fund that was to be included in a deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit, the federal government said, arguing the case is moot.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Nonprofits Face Uncertainty Over Political Activity Rules

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    Two federal court decisions suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service's rules for 501(c)(4) organizations' political activity may be too vague to survive constitutional scrutiny leave nonprofit organizations caught between constitutional limits on government regulation of speech and tax limits on their exempt status, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

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    Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Getting The Message Across

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    Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond.

  • Opinion

    Horizontal Stare Decisis Should Not Be Casually Discarded

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    Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns.

  • 10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry

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    Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: December Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses recent rulings and identifies practice tips from cases involving securities, takings, automobile insurance, and wage and hour claims.

  • NY Tax Talk: New ALJs, New Rules, Apportionment, Bundling

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    Attorneys at Eversheds review the top New York tax law developments from last quarter, including appointments to the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal and the city's proposed rules to clarify income taxation of foreign corporations, and highlight two litigation matters to watch.

  • Series

    Preaching Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a Gospel preacher has enhanced my success as a trial lawyer by teaching me the importance of credibility, relatability, persuasiveness and thorough preparation for my congregants, the same skills needed with judges and juries in the courtroom, says Reginald Harris at Stinson.

  • State, Federal Incentives Heat Up Geothermal Projects

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    Geothermal energy can now benefit from dramatically accelerated permitting for development on federal land as well as state-level renewable energy portfolio standards — but operating in the complex legal framework surrounding geothermal projects requires successful navigation of complex water rights and environmental regulations, say attorneys at Holland & Hart.

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