A former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is taking on a new role advising whistle-blowing clients of the Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd.
Contending that a Swiss bank’s plan to name client names to U.S. regulators as part of a $780 million settlement of a criminal tax probe violates Switzerland law requiring secrecy,…
A federal appeals court has ruled trial judges may increase awards to compensate for taxes a plaintiff will have to pay on lump-sum awards for back pay.
Facing increasing criticism over tax problems and consulting fees, Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Daschle said he is withdrawing because the dispute…
A Stanford Law School graduate who reportedly pursued a lucrative nonlegal (and illegal) career to help cover the cost of her student loans has avoided prison but will serve a…
As a major Swiss bank is squeezed between the secrecy law of its own country and a threatened U.S. prosecution for helping American citizens hide their assets, the government reportedly…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Commerce Department has authority to impose a 20 percent tariff on enriched uranium imports from France under a U.S. anti-dumping law.
A New York real estate lawyer who reportedly didn’t file personal state income tax returns between 2001 and 2006 has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor tax…
A New York tax attorney has been federally charged with extortion and harassment after allegedly threatening to send a secretly recorded, sexually explicit DVD to an unidentified former lover’s family…
A Paul Hastings tax associate was one of four people charged Thursday with insider trading based on information provided by the husband of a public relations representative who had information…
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