Corporate Finance Law Blog

Corporate law, securities law, tax law and employment law with a focus on Washington state.

Author: Joseph M. Wallin is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle.

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Recent Posts from Corporate Finance Law Blog

Specter Responds to DOJ's Revisions of Attorney-Client Privilege Guidelines
"Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s revised attorney-client privilege guidelines: “The revised guidelines are a step in the right…
More Talk About the Carried Interest Tax
More on this issue. http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/09/02/time-to-confront-ceo-pay-scandal
IRS Suspends Collection of AMT on ISO Exercises, Temporarily
This is a big deal, and is reported in TaxProf Blog.
Final Instructions to New Form 990 Released
August 28, 2008 Printer-friendly version By Monica Gianni and Thomas C. Schroeder The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Final Instructions to the redesigned Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax)…
2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Indictments Against KPMG Personnel
"We affirm the district court's ruling that the government deprived Defendants-Appellees of their right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment by causing KPMG to place conditions on the advancement of legal fees to Defendant-Appellees, and…
SEC Proposes Roadmap Toward Global Accounting Standards to Help Investors Compare Financial Information More Easily
"The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to publish for public comment a proposed Roadmap that could lead to the use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by U.S. issuers beginning in 2014. Currently, U.S.…
California Screamin'
Nice summary of a proposed California ballot initiative on TaxProf Blog today. Text of the summary below. Wealth Tax. Constitutional Amendment and Statute. Summary Date: 08/04/08 Circulation Deadline: 01/02/09 Signatures Required: 694,354 Proponent: Paul McCauley…
Carried Interest In The News Again
The Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy have issued a report titled Executive Excess 2008: How Average Taxpayers Subsidize Runaway Pay which puts the cost of the "carried interest" tax break…
SOX Challenge Beaten Back
"In this facial challenge, appellants contend that Title I of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“the Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 7211-19, violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution and separation of powers because it does…
IRS Issues Instructions for New Form 990
The IRS has issued instructions for the redesigned Form 990, which must be used starting with tax year 2008. The revised instructions can be found here.