Tax Law

Ex-Duane Morris partner charged with murdering wife

A Chicago lawyer and a former tax partner at Duane Morris is being held in jail after being formally charged with killing his wife in 2024.

Jan 14, 2026 9:41 AM CST

Lawyer sues IRS to recognize her dog as legal dependent

An attorney licensed in Utah and New York is suing the IRS, seeking to force the agency to recognize her dog as a dependent for tax purposes, according to Forbes.

Dec 22, 2025 1:07 PM CST

Did alleged sham hiring by SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein constitute tax evasion? Judge will decide

Indicted SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein can’t sell his home to pay his defense attorneys, a federal judge ruled last week as she denied six of his pretrial motions in the tax evasion case against him.

Nov 10, 2025 12:29 PM CST

Supreme Court appears skeptical of legality of most of Trump’s tariffs

The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of arguments Wednesday that President Donald Trump has legal authority to impose tariffs on a vast range of goods from nearly all countries, signaling the justices could strike down or limit the administration’s signature economic policy.

Nov 5, 2025 1:52 PM CST

Furloughed lawyer’s passion is topped with sauerkraut and mustard

A furloughed IRS lawyer used his ability to parse government regulations to open a hot dog cart that he is operating full time during the government shutdown.

Oct 29, 2025 9:17 AM CDT

Why did SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein bring nearly $1M in cash into US? Explanation won’t be suppressed

Indicted SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein has failed to persuade a federal judge to suppress his statements about nearly $1 million in cash that he was carrying when he entered the United States in October 2018.

Oct 14, 2025 12:52 PM CDT

SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein could leave country, live comfortably, avoid capture, prosecutors say

Warning that U.S. Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein is a flight risk, federal prosecutors say his home was bought with tainted funds and should not be sold to finance his legal defense in a case alleging that he evaded taxes on millions of dollars in high-stakes poker winnings.

Sep 16, 2025 10:41 AM CDT

Blogging law professors consider their options after web host shutdown; at least one is calling it quits

The end-of-the-month shutdown of web hosting platform Typepad has blogging law professors scrambling to find a replacement or considering whether to shut down.

Sep 10, 2025 2:11 PM CDT

Does Trump have power to unilaterally impose tariffs? Supreme Court will decide

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump may use emergency powers granted in a 1977 law to impose tariffs without congressional authorization.

Sep 10, 2025 10:49 AM CDT

Ex-judge gets law license back after suspension for taking $90K to do this

A former municipal court judge in Philadelphia has been reinstated to law practice after his suspension for accepting $90,000 from the campaign of a political opponent to drop out of a 2012 congressional campaign in the Democratic primary.

Aug 20, 2025 12:33 PM CDT

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein had motive for money offers to firm manager, prosecutors allege

A superseding indictment in a tax fraud case against SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein includes new allegations about attempts to influence his law firm manager and misuse of a firm trust account.

Aug 11, 2025 1:36 PM CDT

Litigation finance tax, limits on contempt power dropped from Senate’s version of budget megabill

Two proposals of concern to many lawyers are being dropped in the U.S. Senate's version of a budget megabill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Jul 1, 2025 9:21 AM CDT

Gains from litigation funding would be taxed at nearly 32% in latest Senate version of budget megabill

The U.S. Senate's version of a budget megabill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, released Saturday sets a proposed tax of 31.8% on earnings from litigation finance contracts, down from 40.8% in the first version of the bill.

Jun 30, 2025 3:19 PM CDT

Supreme Court rules for Catholic charities groups in quest for state exemption to unemployment tax

A religious exemption to Wisconsin's unemployment tax violates the First Amendment as applied to a group of Catholic charities in northern Wisconsin that were denied the tax break, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a unanimous opinion.

Jun 5, 2025 10:28 AM CDT

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein asks judge to toss tax charges, suppress statement about $968K in cash

Retired U.S. Supreme Court litigator and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein has filed seven motions attacking the government’s tax fraud case against him, arguing that some charges were filed too late or based on erroneous legal theories.

May 21, 2025 9:02 AM CDT