A prominent Missouri businessman has sued Bryan Cave for malpractice in St. Louis County Circuit Court, contending that the firm and partner Lawrence Brody botched his prenuptial agreement by failing…
A law requiring taxation of personal phone calls made on employer-provided cell phones has caused a big administrative headache for one California court.
An attorney and a banker from Switzerland were indicted today in a federal case in Florida for allegedly helping wealthy Americans evade taxes by putting assets in secret Swiss bank…
Some corporate lawyers are worried about the reach of a recent federal appeals court decision allowing the Internal Revenue Service to access documents analyzing possible tax liabilities.
Swiss bank UBS is expected to disclose the names and account information for more than 4,450 Americans suspected of trying to evade taxes with secret offshore accounts.
More than 150 Americans with accounts at UBS AG are being investigated by federal authorities for potential tax fraud after a former employee of the Swiss bank helped point the…
A law firm is suing a former KPMG partner, saying that he hasn’t paid $1.3 million of the legal bill that Kostelanetz & Fink racked up while successfully defending him…
As the Internal Revenue Service and a major Swiss bank continue to litigate over just how many names of secret UBS AG account-holders must be turned over to federal authorities,…
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is facing a suit by two former clients who claim the law firm’s advice cost them more than $2 million in back taxes and penalties.
Seeking to retain $36 million in claimed advisory fees paid in connection with a Quellos Group tax shelter that put a billionaire media mogul in hot water, a jailed California…
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