December 14, 2020
An Illinois federal judge Monday allowed an unnamed U.S. citizen to proceed with a suit claiming the government improperly denied economic impact payments to couples that include immigrant spouses without a Social Security number.
July 10, 2020
In the remainder of the year, federal courts will examine several administrative law challenges to tax regulations along with questions of whether preventing some taxpaying Americans from receiving COVID-19 stimulus checks violates constitutional law and how attorney-client privilege extends to law firm client lists. Here, Law360 looks at five federal tax cases to watch in the second half of 2020.
July 02, 2020
A man suing U.S. officials claiming that he didn't receive a pandemic stimulus check from the Internal Revenue Service because of his marriage to an immigrant must identify himself before the court, an Illinois federal judge ordered.
June 30, 2020
A man suing U.S. officials claiming he didn't receive a stimulus check from the IRS because of his marriage to an immigrant should be required to reveal his identity, the government has told an Illinois federal court.
April 27, 2020
President Donald Trump violated civil rights laws by withholding COVID-19 stimulus checks from taxpaying Americans married to immigrants without Social Security numbers, a U.S. citizen has alleged in Illinois federal court, saying he and a million similarly situated Americans have been denied their $1,200 relief checks.