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April 30, 2025
Senate Rejects Bill To End Trump's Nat'l Emergency On Tariffs
The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan bill Wednesday that sought to end the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to underpin his global tariff regime, with two senators absent for the vote, and with U.S. House consideration delayed until October.
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April 30, 2025
3rd Circ. Preview: NJ To Defend ICE Contractor Law In May
The Third Circuit's argument lineup for May will see the state of New Jersey defend a law barring its immigration detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while Rutgers University seeks to keep its victory over claims it falsely inflated its business school's ranking.
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April 30, 2025
Tribes Join Push For High Court To Review Ariz. Tax On Plant
Arizona misinterpreted federal law and threatened the sovereignty of a Native American tribe with its taxation of a natural-gas-powered plant that sits on a reservation, the tribe told the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
Coinbase Urges Justices To Take User's IRS Data Seizure Suit
Crypto exchange Coinbase on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to firm up privacy rights around digital information stored with third parties, backing a petition by a Coinbase user who's challenging the Internal Revenue Service's seizure of his account records.
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April 30, 2025
US Economy Shrank 0.3% In First Quarter As Imports Surged
U.S. gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025 as importers stockpiled goods in advance of President Donald Trump's global tariff regime, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday.
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April 30, 2025
EU Busts $10M VAT Fraud Ring Involving Chinese Imports
The European Anti-Fraud Office and Polish authorities uncovered a value-added tax fraud ring that exploited European Union rules to dodge over 38.2 million Polish zloty ($10.1 million) in value-added taxes on goods imported from China, they said Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
Morgan Lewis Expands Tax Practice With Milbank Hire
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP added a former Milbank special counsel as a tax partner based in the firm's London office.
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April 30, 2025
Dentist Fights HMRC Over Alleged Tax Avoidance
A dentist's firm urged an appeals court on Wednesday to find that it had not engaged in tax avoidance by making loan payments to its owner through a trust, saying the payments had no connection to its owner's employment and therefore were not taxable as income.
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April 30, 2025
Sheppard Mullin Brings On Kirkland Tax Ace In Houston
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it expanded its tax, employee benefits and trusts and estates practice with a new partner most recently with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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April 30, 2025
DOJ Fights Firm's Bid To Halt Tax Collection During Suit
A boutique Connecticut consumer protection law firm cannot block the IRS from collecting 2022 and 2023 payroll taxes while the firm challenges the government's alleged failure to process CARES Act payroll credit requests in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice has argued.
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April 30, 2025
Barclay Damon Continues Growth With Morrison Cohen Hire
Barclay Damon LLP is continuing the momentum its headcount growth made in 2024, announcing Tuesday that it has hired an employee benefits attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP in New York City.
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April 30, 2025
Dem Reps. Urge Court To Block IRS-ICE Info-Sharing Pact
House Democrats and two organizations that help immigrants prepare tax returns urged a D.C. federal court to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing with immigration enforcement agencies the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.
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April 30, 2025
Ex-Treasury Official Joins Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice
Baker McKenzie has hired a former deputy assistant secretary at the Treasury Department to work on international tax matters as a partner in the firm's office in Washington, D.C.
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April 30, 2025
NJ Panel Declines To Revive Tobacco Co.'s Tax Refund Claim
A tobacco company cannot revive its claim for a tax refund, a New Jersey appeals court found, agreeing with the state's tax court that 2020 amendments to a regulation limiting a royalty add-back deduction must be applied retroactively.
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April 30, 2025
Bipartisan House Members Pitch Expanded Paid Family Leave
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that they said would expand access to paid family leave by incentivizing states to establish their own programs and facilitating the exchange of information between state and federal officials.
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April 29, 2025
Man Sentenced To 4 Years For Pandemic Loan, Tax Fraud
A man who said he has struggled with substance use for most of his life was sentenced in Arizona federal court Monday to four years in prison for filing more than $7 million in false claims for tax refunds and making false pandemic aid applications.
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April 29, 2025
Bessent Says EU Must Kill Digital Taxes For US Trade Deal
The U.S. government wants European countries to repeal digital service taxes before the European Union moves forward with trade negotiations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
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April 29, 2025
Trump Can't Reorganize Gov't Without Congress, Groups Say
President Donald Trump lacks the power to reorganize the executive branch and push for mass terminations of workers when Congress hasn't given its blessing, unions and other groups told a California federal court.
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April 29, 2025
South Korea Asks IMF To Aid Global Response To US Tariffs
As President Donald Trump continues to deploy tariffs, South Korea's deputy prime minister said that the International Monetary Fund should lean into its role as a "trusted policy adviser" to help address worldwide trade tensions and overall uncertainty.
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April 29, 2025
Pa. Attorney Gets 1 Year In Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud
A suspended attorney in the Philadelphia suburbs has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after being convicted by a federal jury of participating in fraudulent schemes that involved stealing a house from a deceased couple's family.
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April 29, 2025
US Seeks To Toss Case Against IRS Microcaptive Rules
A global tax services provider cannot sue the IRS to vacate tax reporting rules for microcaptive insurance companies, the U.S. told a Texas federal court, arguing that the provider, as a consultant to clients using the insurers, wouldn't actually be hurt by the rules.
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April 29, 2025
Automakers Get 15% Tariff Offset Under New Trump Order
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday afternoon to provide automakers that produce and sell finished vehicles in the U.S. a 15% offset on future imported parts that face a 25% tariff for the next year.
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April 28, 2025
Feds' Bid To Spring False Biden Accuser Shot Down By Judge
A California federal judge rejected a request Monday by prosecutors to release a former FBI informant imprisoned for lying to federal agents that former President Joe Biden accepted bribes, saying he does not agree the court made a mistake at sentencing that should result in his release pending appeal.
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April 28, 2025
Court Urged To Reconsider Jurisdiction In Tribal Tariff Row
Blackfeet Nation members are asking a Montana federal judge to reconsider an order to transfer their challenge against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the decision is based on the constitutional question of the Indian commerce clause.
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April 28, 2025
NC Dentist Acquitted Of $3M Fraud, Tax Evasion Charges
A North Carolina dentist was acquitted of wire fraud and tax evasion charges on the fourth day of a federal jury trial in which prosecutors had alleged the dentist submitted false loan applications to the Small Business Administration and failed to pay income taxes.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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Opinion
Congress Should Pass Sex Abuse Settlement Tax Exemptions
The proposed Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act would expand tax exemptions more clearly for sexual abuse cases, and finally remove the stigma around compensation for emotional and psychological damage, says Rocco Strangio at Milestone & Co.
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What's Next For Accounting Enforcement After SEC's Big 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration will likely continue to focus enforcement efforts on many of the same accounting and auditing issues that it pursued over the past year — but other areas, such as ESG, internal controls and cryptocurrency cases, may fall out of focus, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Series
Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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How DOGE's Bite Can Live Up To Its Bark
All signs suggest that the Department of Government Efficiency will be an important part of the new Trump administration, with ample tools at its disposal to effectuate change, particularly with an attentive Republican-controlled Congress, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Small Biz Caught In Corporate Transparency Act Crossfire
Despite compliance being put on hold due to a nationwide preliminary injunction, small businesses have been caught in the middle of the legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act — and confusion over the law's requirements could result in major penalties, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.
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5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024
B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
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Series
Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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Hydrogen Regs Will Provide More Certainty — If They Survive
Newly finalized regulations implementing the Section 45V clean hydrogen tax credit allow producers more flexibility, and should therefore help put the industry on more solid footing — but the incoming Trump administration and Republican Congress will have multiple options for overturning or altering the regulations, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.