Tax

  • May 22, 2026

    $30M In Tax Fraud Penalties Didn't Need Juries, Justices Told

    The IRS did not violate a group of taxpayers' rights to jury trials when it hit them with more than $30 million in penalties for tax fraud, the agency told the U.S. Supreme Court, maintaining that the Eleventh Circuit's decision to deny them juries should stand.

  • May 22, 2026

    Wis. Justices Turn Away Skechers' License Deal Tax Fight

    Wisconsin's top court let stand a ruling that found Skechers USA lacked purpose — other than avoiding taxes — for creating a subsidiary and entering into transactions with it that resulted in the company claiming nearly half a billion dollars in deductions in the state.

  • May 22, 2026

    NFL's Bears Bury Idea Of Putting New Stadium In Chicago

    The National Football League's Chicago Bears said the team is no longer looking to build a new stadium in the city of Chicago as they weigh a move to either Arlington Heights, Illinois, or Hammond, Indiana.

  • May 22, 2026

    Cannabis Grower Challenges Colorado's Pot Tax Calculus

    Colorado's marijuana regulator used an "unlawful" method for calculating average market rates of cannabis that resulted in inflated excise taxes being assessed against state-licensed operators, a proposed class action filed Thursday in Denver state court alleges.

  • May 22, 2026

    Pension Plans Can't Shake Belgium's $144M Tax Fraud Suit

    A group of pension plans and associated individuals cannot use timing limitations to quickly dismiss the Belgian government's suit alleging they fraudulently claimed about €124 million ($144 million) in tax refunds on dividends, a New York federal court said.

  • May 22, 2026

    Eversheds Sutherland Tax Atty Moves To Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired in Washington, D.C., a former Eversheds Sutherland counsel who advises clients on state and local tax controversies, tax planning and tax policy matters, the firm has announced.

  • May 22, 2026

    Prosecutors Seek $1.98M Forfeiture In Goldstein Case

    Federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly $2 million forfeiture judgment against convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and asking a Maryland federal judge to turn the Supreme Court lawyer's Northwest D.C. home over to the government to pay it.

  • May 22, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, McGuireWoods

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. combine, investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lead a group of investors to buy pharmaceuticals company Recordati SpA, and NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy merge.

  • May 22, 2026

    SC Authorizes Local Sales Tax To Provide Property Tax Relief

    Municipalities in three South Carolina counties will be authorized to impose sales taxes of up to 1% to provide property tax relief, with local voter approval, under legislation signed by the governor.

  • May 21, 2026

    DC Circ. Seeks Trump Admin Input On $5B Award Case

    The D.C. Circuit on Thursday sought the views of the Trump administration on a crucial component of Russia's sovereign immunity defense as the appeals court weighs jurisdiction in litigation to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, which was issued to Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm.

  • May 21, 2026

    Goldstein Taps Ex-SG Prelogar Before Sentence, Likely Appeal

    One of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Tom Goldstein, revealed Thursday he has retained another of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates, Elizabeth Prelogar, ahead of his sentencing and likely appeal in a criminal tax case that has captivated the appellate bar.

  • May 21, 2026

    Minnesota Tribal Land Trust Order Was Biased, 8th Circ. Told

    Morrison County, Minnesota, and two townships are seeking to vacate a decision to take about 3,238 acres into trust for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, arguing it was based on a biased process in which the tribe pays Bureau of Indian Affairs' salaries to process trust requests.

  • May 21, 2026

    Baltimore Atty Not Liable For Client's Taxes, 4th Circ. Told

    A Baltimore attorney is challenging a court's order that he cover unpaid federal income taxes owed by his client's holding company, telling the Fourth Circuit on Thursday that the government is wrongly using the Federal Priority Statute as a workaround for the Federal Tax Lien Act.

  • May 21, 2026

    Portugal Must Reclaim Illegal State Aid, EU Court Says

    The European Union's top court said Thursday that Portugal can't suspend tax enforcement proceedings against a company that benefited from unlawful state aid granted by the Madeira Free Zone.

  • May 21, 2026

    Amgen Wants To Preserve Right To Seek Double Tax Relief

    Drugmaker Amgen wants to preserve its right to seek a refund for tax years 2010 through 2015 if the IRS "persists" in taking a position inconsistent with the agency's own arguments pertaining to those years in its audit of 2016 to 2018, the company told the U.S. Tax Court.

  • May 21, 2026

    Intuit's PTAB Win On Browsing Patent Upheld At Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday approved a Patent Trial and Review Board decision that held a patent owned by Samesurf Inc. that was asserted against TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. was invalid, rejecting Samesurf's arguments that an improper claim construction was used.

  • May 21, 2026

    EPPO Conducts Searches In €2.6M VAT Fraud Case

    Authorities across Europe have searched several properties tied to a €2.6 million ($3 million) value-added tax fraud by suspects whom the European Public Prosecutor's Office believe are linked to other VAT frauds worth hundreds of millions of euros, the office said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    UK To Block Foreign Co. Losses From Lowering Domestic Tax

    The U.K. will require companies to exempt profits and losses attributed to a foreign permanent establishment from domestic taxation beginning next year, HM Revenue & Customs said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    Iowa Caps Property Tax Revenue For Localities

    The amount of property tax revenue that can be raised by an Iowa city or county will be limited beginning in 2026 under a bill signed by the governor. 

  • May 21, 2026

    ECJ Adviser Backs Challenge To Sweden's Bank Risk Tax

    The European Union's lower court was wrong to uphold Sweden's risk tax on the country's largest credit institutions, an adviser to the bloc's top court said Thursday, because the levy could create a potential selective advantage for untaxed companies.

  • May 21, 2026

    Taiwan Outlines Filing Extensions For Controlled Foreign Cos.

    Companies filing taxes in Taiwan are required to declare income from controlled foreign corporations and must apply for a one-time extension by midyear if they're unable to submit audited financial statements, the tax authority said Thursday.

  • May 21, 2026

    UK To Crack Down On Energy Giants' Offshore Tax Planning

    U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced plans Thursday to restrict offshore tax planning by energy multinationals as part of a series of fiscal measures, including cuts to fuel duty and value-added tax.

  • May 20, 2026

    DOJ, Drugmakers Spar After Justices Snub 6 Negotiation Suits

    The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to have it both ways in drug pricing litigation, telling the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene before additional circuits decide pending challenges and then using this week's nonintervention as ammunition against those challenges, drugmakers are arguing at appeals courts.

  • May 20, 2026

    NC Voters To Weigh Income, Property Tax Limits

    North Carolina voters will decide in November on two proposed constitutional amendments aimed at curbing their income and property taxes after the state General Assembly approved sending the measures to the ballot Wednesday.

  • May 20, 2026

    FERC Erred Over Utility's Tax Deferral Method, DC Circ. Told

    Wholesale transmission customers of American Electric Power Co. Inc. units told the D.C. Circuit this week that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly allowed the utility giant to depart from an established method to allocate carried-forward tax allowances, increasing those customers' rates.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • How OECD Tax Update Tackles Mobile Workforce Complexity

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    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recently updated model tax convention — a recalibration of international tax principles in response to an increasingly mobile workforce — should prompt companies to reevaluate cross-border operations, transfer pricing policies and tax controversy strategies, say attorneys at Eversheds.

  • Series

    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • What 2025 Transpo And Logistics Legal Trends Mean For 2026

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    2025 was challenging for the transportation and logistics sector, with emergent trends including dramatic federal policy shifts, developments in tort risk, and a host of mergers and acquisitions — but a review of these themes offers a useful playbook for where the industry is headed in 2026, says Jonathan Todd at Benesch.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Nonprofits Face Uncertainty Over Political Activity Rules

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    Two federal court decisions suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service's rules for 501(c)(4) organizations' political activity may be too vague to survive constitutional scrutiny leave nonprofit organizations caught between constitutional limits on government regulation of speech and tax limits on their exempt status, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

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    Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Getting The Message Across

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    Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond.

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