By MP McQueen | September 14, 2018
Criminal subpoenas issued by the state tax department declined in the last decade, an investigation by the New York Daily News showed, but the numbers also showed an increase in civil subpoenas. The shift may reflect a change in priorities or strategy at the department after a 2010 change in the state's tax whistleblower law, which was the first state law of its kind in the nation.
By Ellis Kim | September 13, 2018
At least one D.C. Circuit judge appeared skeptical of the DOJ argument that EPIC, the advocacy group seeking Trump's tax returns, hadn't completed its Freedom of Information Act request.
By Xiumei Dong | September 12, 2018
Timothy Brugh, a former vice president at The Goldman Sachs Trust Co., has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
By Mike Scarcella | September 12, 2018
Well, not the returns themselves. Because Trump hasn't released them. But there is a public-records case, set for argument Thursday in the D.C. Circuit, that seeks to force the IRS to disclose the records.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 11, 2018
John Vardaman, a former DOJ lawyer and now general counsel to the electronic payments company Hypur, argues banking would provide visibility to the nascent multibillion-dollar industry.
By Ross Todd | September 10, 2018
The Ninth Circuit found that IRS agent Jean Noll wasn't entitled to qualified immunity after she followed the wife of a suspect to the restroom and refused to leave while serving a warrant in 2006 during a criminal tax fraud and conspiracy investigation.
By Charles Toutant | September 7, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has rejected a challenge to a $9.59 million settlement in a New Jersey class action over alleged rigging of bids for municipal tax sale certificates.
By Cheryl Miller | September 6, 2018
The Cannabis Law Institute is underway in Washington this week—what's the buzz? Plus: the SEC issued a new warning to cannabis investors about the risks of the industry. And a trademark spat pits wine versus weed. Thanks for reading Higher Law.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Joseph Lipari and Aaron S. Gaynor | September 6, 2018
It is common for groups of affiliate companies to record transactions within the group by "book entry" rather than actual transfers of cash. It is also common for one member of an affiliate group to undertake an activity that benefits all of the members of the group without necessarily passing on the cost of such activity.
By Cheryl Miller | August 31, 2018
"Contrary to taxpayers' fevered assertions … this provision does not open the door to criminal prosecutions of welders or utility companies," U.S. Department of Justice lawyers said Friday, refuting the parade of horribles presented by a Colorado cannabis shop.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers & financiers at THE MULTIFAMILY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Law.com celebrates the California law firms and legal departments driving the state's dynamic legal landscape.
The Texas Lawyer honors attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in Texas.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer &...
Yale New Haven Health seeks a dynamic and collaborative executive to serve as its Vice President, Labor Strategy and Senior Associate Genera...
Nestled in the heart of Northern California Wine Country, Sonoma County is the largest county in the North Bay region of the San Francisco B...