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  • August 25, 2025

    Ex-TSA Attorney Among 3 New Lawyers At Kaplan Kirsch

    A former Transportation Security Administration attorney is among three lawyers who recently joined Kaplan Kirsch LLP, a Denver-based law firm that specializes in representing state, local and tribal government agencies on projects such as airport expansions and new rail lines.

  • August 25, 2025

    Connecticut Court Backs Ouster Of Tax Atty Over Rogue Email

    Connecticut's former tax legal director was properly terminated after she used her work computer to send unauthorized draft legislation from her personal email account to a lobbyist who assumed that it was the state tax department's official position, a Connecticut appeals panel has ruled.

  • August 25, 2025

    Woman Who Beat $1.7M In Tax Liens Can't Recover Costs

    A woman blamed by the government for the employment tax failures of her husband's construction company cannot recover her legal costs after a jury cleared her, a New York federal judge ruled, saying the U.S. was justified in trying to uphold $1.7 million in liens against her.

  • August 22, 2025

    Liberty Global $240M Foreign Tax Credit Bid Fails At 10th Circ.

    Liberty Global cannot claim $240 million in foreign tax credits for the sale of a Japanese affiliate, the Tenth Circuit ruled Friday, rejecting the telecommunications giant's contention that a statutory provision allows it to recharacterize the proceeds as overseas income.

  • August 22, 2025

    Canada To Toss Tariffs On US Goods Under USMCA

    The Canadian government will remove retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, excluding steel, aluminum and automobiles, in a move aimed at jump-starting trade talks akin to an exemption made by the U.S. government, Canada's prime minister said Friday.

  • August 22, 2025

    Tribe Member Can't Discharge Tax Debt, 10th Circ. Affirms

    An Oklahoma federal court correctly affirmed a bankruptcy court's refusal to reopen a case brought by a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation who claimed his tax debt should have been discharged in bankruptcy, the Tenth Circuit said.

  • August 22, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Weil, Fried Frank

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, private equity firm Thoma Bravo buys human resources software provider Dayforce Inc. in a take-private deal, Lowe's buys Foundation Building Materials, Nexstar Media Group Inc. acquires fellow media company Tegna Inc., and Soho House & Co. Inc. inks a take-private deal with hotel operator MCR.

  • August 22, 2025

    Michigan Judge Gives Initial OK To Tax Foreclosure Deal

    A Michigan federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement that would allow former property owners to receive the surplus profits they allege county treasurers made selling their tax-delinquent properties.

  • August 22, 2025

    Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin

    The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included proposed rules that would change its system of business classification for employees hoping to exclude fringe benefits and employee discounts from their gross income.

  • August 22, 2025

    Treasury Doubles Statutory Value Of Clean Energy Credit

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury is nearly doubling the statutory value of an income tax credit for producing electricity in line with a regularly scheduled increase tied to inflation, according to a Friday notice.

  • August 22, 2025

    IRS Guidance Sparks Mixed Reaction For Solar, Wind Projects

    The IRS recently narrowed the way large solar and wind energy development projects can set their construction start dates to qualify for certain tax credits, a change offering relief for some developers but new hurdles for others depending on the stage, type and size of the project.

  • August 21, 2025

    Tax Court Says Civil Fraud Penalty Cases Don't Require Juries

    The U.S. Tax Court rejected Thursday a Mississippi partnership's bid, based on the Supreme Court's landmark 2024 decision requiring a jury to adjudicate common law fraud penalties, to dismiss civil fraud penalties the IRS imposed on a conservation easement transaction.

  • August 21, 2025

    Man Who Hid Account From Wife Owes FBAR Fines, US Says

    A claim by the owner of a check-cashing business that he only meant to hide a foreign bank account from his wife during divorce proceedings doesn't excuse his failure to report the money to the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. told a California federal court.

  • August 21, 2025

    EU, US Agree To Eliminate Industrial Tariffs

    The European Union and the U.S. have agreed on new terms to the trade agreement to eliminate EU tariffs on U.S. industrial products and implement a 15% U.S. tariff cap for most other sectors, according to a joint statement issued Thursday.

  • August 21, 2025

    Treasury Gets New Acting International Tax Counsel

    A deputy international tax counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been elevated to serve as acting counsel, he said in a post on LinkedIn.

  • August 21, 2025

    IRS Asks For Input On Free Filing Programs

    The Internal Revenue Service is surveying the public on tax preparation and filing as part of efforts to prepare a report for Congress on key issues surrounding free tax filing options, the agency said Thursday.

  • August 21, 2025

    Gov't Shrugs Off Sentencing Errors, IRS Leaker Tells DC Circ.

    The IRS contractor appealing his five-year prison sentence for leaking thousands of wealthy people's tax returns to the media accused the U.S. of glossing over sentencing errors that unfairly burdened him with "the harshest sentence possible," he told the D.C. Circuit.

  • August 21, 2025

    G7 Deal May Undermine Global Minimum Tax Enforcement

    The U.S. government's agreement with the Group of Seven nations to effectively exempt American companies from the 15% global minimum tax may hollow out enforcement of the international regime, in part because other multinational corporations may pursue similar treatment.

  • August 20, 2025

    Gov't Asks 8th Circ. To Ignore 2nd Circ. Tax Deadline Ruling

    A government attorney seeking to stop a couple from challenging their tax bill in the U.S. Tax Court urged the Eighth Circuit not to follow the Second Circuit's recent determination that the 90-day petition filing deadline is flexible, saying that decision split from long-held precedent.

  • August 20, 2025

    Fla. Man Who Evaded $7M In Federal Taxes Gets Probation

    A Florida investor who admitted to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of $7 million in taxes was sentenced Wednesday to probation after telling a federal judge he suffers from serious health issues, including Stage 4 kidney cancer and early-onset dementia.

  • August 20, 2025

    Texas Plastics Co. Says Captive Insurance Program Legit

    A plastics manufacturer's captive insurance program to cover itself from various industrial and commercial risks was set up for legitimate reasons, the company told a Texas federal court in a bid to restore a tax deduction the IRS had denied on its premiums.

  • August 20, 2025

    Morris Manning Faces $5M Ga. RICO Suit Over Tax Strategy

    Morris Manning & Martin LLP is facing allegations of racketeering and tax fraud in a suit brought in Georgia state court by three investors that names a number of professional services firms.

  • August 20, 2025

    IRS To Nix Recent Rules On Disregarded Foreign Payments

    The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS said Wednesday that they're planning to remove rules issued in January that would have forced companies to recognize income from payments that are disregarded for U.S. taxes yet reduce income in a foreign jurisdiction, a move prompted by criticism from businesses.

  • August 20, 2025

    Nutter Welcomes Tax Atty In NY From Fox Horan

    Less than a month after announcing it had grown its ranks by 8% with the addition of 13 attorneys in three states, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP said earlier this week that it has hired a New York-based tax attorney from Fox Horan & Camerini LLP.

  • August 20, 2025

    IRS Lost Lien In Bankruptcy, Man Says In $28M Tax Battle

    The Internal Revenue Service jettisoned any federal tax lien it claims to have against a man by filing an unsecured claim in his bankruptcy case, he told a Florida federal court Wednesday in response to the government's $28 million lawsuit against him.

Expert Analysis

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    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

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    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

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    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.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    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

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    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.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    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.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    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.

  • Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    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

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    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

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    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.

  • US Reassessment Of OECD Tax Deal Is Right Move

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    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.

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