Tax Law
883 ABA Journal Tax Law articles.
Fenwick & West has pushed back the start date for first-year corporate and transaction associates.
Jun 2, 2023 9:35 AM CDT
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 94-year-old woman could pursue a claim that a tax foreclosure sale violated her rights under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause.
May 25, 2023 11:29 AM CDT
The felony business-records case against former President Donald Trump “stands apart” because the indictment does not include any separate charges, according to the
New York Times, which reviewed about 30 such cases.
May 9, 2023 1:56 PM CDT
A Williams & Connolly partner has agreed to pay more than $7.2 million to settle the federal government’s civil suit for unpaid federal income taxes.
Lawyer Robert Shaughnessy and…
Apr 18, 2023 10:45 AM CDT
A company owned by billionaire Harlan Crow bought a home and two vacant lots from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his relatives in 2014, according to a new report by ProPublica.
Apr 14, 2023 9:43 AM CDT
Updated: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hobnobbing with billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who has showered Thomas and his wife with gifts of luxury travel for more than two decades, according to an investigative report by ProPublica.
Apr 6, 2023 12:40 PM CDT
Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election and mischaracterize payments for tax purposes.
Apr 5, 2023 8:36 AM CDT
An agreement enacted by Disney World’s oversight board before its control was turned over to political appointees preserves power for Disney at the expense of the new board—and for quite a long time, thanks to a "King Charles clause."
Mar 31, 2023 3:33 PM CDT
Former President Donald Trump may argue that any forthcoming indictment in connection with hush-money payments to an adult film actress is a selective prosecution entitling him to dismissal of the charges.
Mar 22, 2023 10:56 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed an attorney-client privilege case two weeks after hearing oral arguments.
Jan 23, 2023 11:22 AM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether local governments violate the Constitution when they seize property for unpaid taxes, sell it and then fail to return the surplus to the owner.
Jan 17, 2023 12:05 PM CST
A bankruptcy judge in Colorado has suspended a Denver lawyer from practicing before the court for three years as a sanction for “egregious lawyer misconduct” that included asking his clients to infect the trustee with COVID-19 or another “nasty disease.”
Jan 12, 2023 12:38 PM CST
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told a lawyer representing a tax law firm Monday that his proposed expansive test for protecting documents under attorney-client privilege “is a big ask,” according to coverage of the oral arguments.
Jan 10, 2023 8:29 AM CST
The issue is whether a communication involving both legal and nonlegal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege when obtaining or providing legal advice is one of the significant purposes for the communication.
Jan 5, 2023 1:47 PM CST
The Trump Organization’s appeal of its tax fraud conviction will partly focus on whether the actions of the chief financial officer were made “in behalf of” the company, according to one of the defense lawyers.
Dec 7, 2022 11:07 AM CST
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