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  • 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

    China Vows 'Reciprocal' Action For Anti-China Trade Deals

    The Chinese government will take "reciprocal" countermeasures against countries that reach trade agreements with the U.S. aimed at countering China's interests in exchange for securing a reduction in U.S. tariffs, the country's Ministry of Commerce said Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Ex-Atty Can't Duck Depo In $1.8M FBAR Case, NY Judge Says

    A retired attorney cannot avoid testifying about the mental state of a former client whose estate faces $1.8 million in penalties for an undisclosed Swiss bank account, a New York federal court ruled, holding that the information is not privileged.

  • 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

    Dutch Cancel Planned VAT Hike Amid Budget Revisions

    The Netherlands is no longer planning to increase value-added taxes on sports, culture and media, the Dutch Finance Ministry announced Friday.

  • 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

    IMF Predicts No Recession But Slower Growth Amid Tariffs

    The International Monetary Fund is predicting slower global growth but no recession even with costly uncertainty around U.S. tariff rates reaching levels last seen more than 100 years ago, the fund's managing director said Thursday at its annual spring meeting.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ex-Pandora Boss Sues Trustee Over ÂŁ3.3M Tax Bill

    The former president of jewelry giant Pandora has sued a tax adviser for allegedly mismanaging his retirement trust and negligently exposing him and the company to significant liabilities and financial loss tied to a €2.2 million ($2.5 million) French property deal.

  • April 16, 2025

    Tax Court Says Hedge Fund Basket Options Abused Tax Perks

    A Connecticut-based hedge fund has engaged in a complex stock-selling strategy using option contracts that the Internal Revenue Service had determined to be an abusive scheme to avoid paying high taxes on the capital gains, the U.S. Tax Court said Wednesday.

  • 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

    Lithuania Considering €249M Corporate, Property Tax Hike

    Lithuania is considering numerous tax proposals that would generate an additional €248.7 million ($283.4 million) in 2026 for the state and municipal budgets, including increases to its corporate tax rate and a property tax overhaul suggested by the OECD, its finance ministry said Wednesday.

  • April 16, 2025

    Canada Automakers Can Avoid Country's Tariffs On US Cars

    Automakers in Canada won't have to pay the country's retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. cars as long as they continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada and complete planned investments there, one of a trio of relief measures announced by the Department of Finance.

  • April 16, 2025

    UAE Updates Min. Tax Guidance To Align With OECD

    The United Arab Emirates' finance ministry adopted guidance from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to keep the country's implementation of the global corporate minimum tax in line with international standards, the country's official news agency said Wednesday.

  • April 16, 2025

    China Says Malaysia Willing To Expand Bilateral Trade

    Malaysia's government said it's willing to expand bilateral trade with China during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the country Wednesday, one day after Xi inked a strategic partnership agreement with Vietnam that includes growing trade, according to Chinese government news releases.

  • 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.

  • April 16, 2025

    Hunter Biden Tax Probe Critic Named Acting IRS Chief

    An Internal Revenue Service special agent who accused the U.S. Department of Justice of misconduct in an investigation of former President Joe Biden's son Hunter has been named the acting IRS commissioner, a U.S. Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

  • April 15, 2025

    7 Arrested In France In €3.4M Cross-Border VAT Fraud Case

    The European Public Prosecutor's Office arrested seven people suspected of carrying out a value-added tax fraud scheme involving what it called valuable vehicles that resulted in at least €3.4 million ($3.8 million) in tax losses, the EPPO said Tuesday. 

  • April 15, 2025

    Trump's Tariff Reprieves Buy Lawyers Time To Strategize

    President Donald Trump's expanded tariff exclusion for electronic goods from China and the pause on higher rates for all countries except China gives lawyers an opportunity to seek mitigation solutions for importers, but the moves do little to create long-term business certainty.

  • April 15, 2025

    NY Manufacturers Highly Gloomy Amid Tariffs, Fed Says

    New York manufacturers in early April became pessimistic about general business conditions over the next six months to an extent rarely matched in the history of a monthly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, coinciding with the imposition of tariffs, the bank reported Tuesday.

  • April 15, 2025

    Hong Kong, Armenia Double-Tax Agreement Enters Into Force

    A treaty to avoid double taxation between Hong Kong and Armenia has gone into force after being approved by both jurisdictions' legislatures, Hong Kong's Inland Revenue Department said Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture

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    Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents

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    Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • After Chevron: Delegation Of Authority And Tax Regulators

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    The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service will face higher standards following Loper Bright’s finding that courts should determine whether agency rules meet the best possible interpretation of the tax code, as well as the scope of the authority delegated by Congress, says Edward Froelich at McDermott.

  • Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act

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    As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.

  • How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market

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    Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Preserving Payment Rights

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    Stephanie Magnell and Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth examine three recent decisions that together illustrate the importance of keeping accurate records and adhering to contractual procedures to avoid inadvertently waiving contractual rights to cost reimbursements or nonroutine payments.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step

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    From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • Reading Between The Lines Of Justices' Moore Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Moore v. U.S. decision, that the Internal Revenue Code Section 965 did not violate the 16th Amendment, was narrowly tailored to minimally disrupt existing tax regimes, but the justices' various opinions leave the door open to future tax challenges and provide clues for what the battles may look like, say Caroline Ngo and Le Chen at McDermott.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

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