Federal
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September 09, 2025
Tariffs Will Push 875K Americans Into Poverty, Yale Says
President Donald Trump's tariffs are expected to push up to 875,000 people into poverty this year based on the U.S. Census Bureau's system of measurement, Yale University researchers reported Tuesday, noting that the total is equivalent to 0.3% of the population.
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September 09, 2025
BDO Seeks To Ditch Bulk Of Ex-Partner's $75M Bias Suit
Accounting firm BDO sought to fend off most of the claims in a $75 million discrimination suit brought by a former tax partner who took leave when her son had a stroke, telling a New York federal court she was not an employee protected by the laws she says the firm violated.
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September 09, 2025
Lobbyist Calls On IRS To Ax Microcaptive Tax Abuse Rule
The U.S. Treasury Department should rescind an Internal Revenue Service rule aimed at cracking down on tax abuse with microcaptive insurance arrangements because it exceeds the agency's authority, a registered lobbyist from Barnes & Thornburg LLP said in a letter released Tuesday.
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September 09, 2025
Justices Grant Fast-Track Review For Trump Tariff Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court will fast-track its consideration of the government's appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling that President Donald Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful, according to a Tuesday order.
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September 09, 2025
Treasury Urged To Make Small Crypto Rewards Tax-Free
The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS should alter guidance so that gains or losses below $200 from cryptocurrency transactions such as mining rewards aren't required to be reported as taxable income upon receipt, a bitcoin advocacy group said in a letter published Tuesday by the department.
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September 09, 2025
Woman Says IRS Error Is Endangering Her Passport, Finances
A Puerto Rico taxpayer is facing financial uncertainty and possible travel limitations after an unresolved IRS clerical error falsely assessed her employer's tax liabilities against her, she said in a suit filed in federal court in San Juan.
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September 09, 2025
DOJ Investigating Energy Co.'s Sales Of Tribal Tax Credits
An energy company accused of selling fraudulent tax shelters marketed as tribal tax credits is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee said in a letter obtained by À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ on Tuesday.
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September 09, 2025
Court Urged To Deny Bid To Block Captive Reporting Rules
A Texas federal court should deny an injunction to a Texas plastics company seeking to stop the IRS from flagging microcaptive insurance plans as potentially abusive tax avoidance schemes, the U.S. argued, saying the public could lose millions of tax dollars on illegitimate transactions.
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September 09, 2025
States Urge Justices To Quickly Rule Against Trump's Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court should quickly consider the appeal of the Federal Circuit's ruling that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are unlawful and affirm that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't provide the authority to impose duties, the states challenging the measures told the justices this week.
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September 08, 2025
Calif. Says Defunct SVB Owes State Over $76M In Taxes
The former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank owes the state of California upward of $76 million in taxes on income from a portfolio of securities for years leading up to the bank's failure, a state taxing authority told a New York bankruptcy court.
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September 08, 2025
New $25M Vanguard Investor Tax Case Deal Gets Initial OK
A $25 million settlement of a class action accusing Vanguard of improperly triggering an asset sell-off that saddled investors with steep tax bills received preliminary approval Monday, according to an order in Pennsylvania federal court, after a $40 million deal was rejected in May.
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September 08, 2025
Former Skadden Atty Moves Tax Practice To Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has deepened its transactional resources in the New York office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP after 15 years.
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September 08, 2025
Senior Int'l Tax Official At IRS To Join Baker McKenzie
A 15-year veteran of the Internal Revenue Service, who recently served as acting commissioner of the Large Business & International Division, will join Baker McKenzie's tax practice in Washington, D.C., later this month, the firm said Monday.
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September 08, 2025
Bessent Says US Will Refund Revenue If Justices Nix Tariffs
If the U.S. Supreme Court decides President Donald Trump lacked authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the U.S. government will refund revenue it has collected with tariffs under that law, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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September 08, 2025
9th Circ. Backs Trump Donor's Tax, Foreign Agent Convictions
A venture capitalist whose 12-year prison term for evading taxes and making illegal campaign contributions through foreign clients was commuted by President Donald Trump did not plead guilty to the crimes involuntarily, the Ninth Circuit found in affirming his convictions, rejecting his claim that his attorney hid information from him.
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September 08, 2025
IRS Appeals Office Chief Joins Skadden's DC Tax Team
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired the leader of the IRS Independent Office of Appeals, who brings years of experience helping resolve tax disputes and controversies, to the firm's team in the nation's capital, the firm said Monday.
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September 08, 2025
Greek Pipe Co.'s Data Gaps Merit Tariff Hike, Fed. Circ. Says
Tariffs against Greek pipe importers will stay in place, the Federal Circuit found Monday, affirming a U.S. Court of International Trade holding that the companies submitted deficient financial data, requiring the U.S. Department of Commerce to fill in certain information gaps when calculating the duties.
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September 05, 2025
Judge Grills Gov't On Details Of IRS-ICE Info-Sharing Deal
A D.C. senior judge pressed a government attorney Friday over the specifics of the IRS' disclosure of tax return information to immigration enforcement agencies, saying the details were crucial to weighing a coalition of organizations' bid to block the practice.
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September 05, 2025
Former Boston Pol Gets 1 Month For Kickback Scheme
A former Boston city councilor was sentenced on Friday to a month in prison for a public corruption scheme in which she demanded a $7,000 kickback from an employee bonus at a time she was facing a state ethics commission fine.
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September 05, 2025
Sterlington Adds More Morgan Lewis Private Wealth Attys
Sterlington PLLC has announced that it is expanding its Philadelphia office, which it launched earlier this summer with a three-person private wealth team from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, by bringing on a team of their former colleagues.
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September 05, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Wachtell, Latham
In this week's Taxation With Representation, aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp. agrees to a take-private deal, Evernorth Health Services invests billions in Shields Health Solutions, Cadence Design Systems Inc. acquires the design and engineering business of Hexagon AB, and Kraft Heinz Co. plans to split into two independent, publicly traded companies.
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September 05, 2025
Fla. Magistrate Advises Arrest In $19.6M Foreign Account Case
A Florida magistrate judge recommended an order for the arrest of a dual U.S.-German citizen who has failed to pay about $19.6 million in penalties for undisclosed Swiss bank accounts, holding that imposing additional fines would be "an empty gesture."
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September 05, 2025
What Tax Pros Read During Their Summer Vacation
What do tax professionals read in their spare time? A wide variety of books, it turns out. Here, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ looks at the books enjoyed by tax lawyers, professors and analysts who spoke with À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ.
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September 05, 2025
Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin
The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included the agency's plan to remove rules that would have forced companies to recognize income from payments that are disregarded for U.S. taxes yet reduce income in a foreign jurisdiction.
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September 05, 2025
Public Hearing On Offshore Profit Regs Set For October
A public hearing is scheduled for next month on proposed rules that would require U.S. multinational companies to create annual shareholder accounts and follow new pooling concepts to account for previously taxed earnings and profits, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday.
Expert Analysis
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.
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BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.
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Legal Jeopardy Looms Over Trump's Trade Negotiation Plans
Even as the Trump administration announces one trade deal after another, the legal authority of the executive branch to impose tariffs under consensual arrangements with leading trading partners is just as debatable as the unilateral imposition of U.S. tariffs under the president's executive orders, says Jeffrey Bialos at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Opportunity Zone Overhaul Is Good News For Investors
Recently enacted reforms making the qualified opportunity zone program permanent, restoring the basis step-up for capital gains and adding flexibility to the zone designation process enhance the program’s appeal for long-term investment, says Steven Hadjilogiou at McDermott.
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White House Report Strikes An Optimistic Note On Crypto
Taking seriously President Donald Trump's pledge to adopt a pro-innovation mindset toward digital assets and blockchain technologies, a recent benchmark White House report on crypto provides a comprehensive regulatory framework that takes into account the products' novel characteristics within the high-tech ecosystem, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Bipartisan Bill Could Aid ESOP Formation, Valuation Clarity
The proposed Retire through Ownership Act represents a meaningful first step toward clarifying whether transactions qualify under the adequate consideration exemption in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, potentially eliminating the litigation risk that has chilled employee stock ownership plan formation, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.
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A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.
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Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review
Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Budget Act's Deduction Limit Penalizes Losing Gamblers
A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that reduces the deduction for gambling losses is unfair to professional and recreational players, risks driving online activity to offshore sites, and will set back efforts to legalize and regulate the industry, says Walter Bourdaghs at Kang Haggerty.