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Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Solicitors General Insights: The Tale of Two Washingtons — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
How confidential is a request to access or challenge information in INTERPOL’s files?
Understanding the Impact of IPR Estoppel and PTAB Discretionary Denials — Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 64 - Cages We Built: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Solicitors General Insights: The Legal Frontlines in Iowa and Indiana — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing: The Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Eleanor’s Copyright Claim
The Briefing: The Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Eleanor’s Copyright Claim
(Podcast) The Briefing: No CTRL-ALT-DEL For the Server Test
The Briefing: No CTRL-ALT-DEL For the Server Test
Navigating PTAB’s New Approach to IPR and PGR Discretionary Denial - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Solicitors General Insights: A Deep Dive With Mississippi and Tennessee Solicitors General — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Update on the State of Non-compete Restrictions (LaborSpeak)
UPIC Audits
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prominent Journalist, David Dayen, Describes his Reporting on the Efforts of Trump 2.0 to Curb CFPB
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Contractors Alert - DEI Restrictions Reinstated by Appeals Court - Employment Law This Week®
5 Key Takeaways | Building a Winning Evidentiary Record at the PTAB (and Surviving Appeal)
Exploring Procedural Justice | Judge Steve Leben | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Discussions of the tax-exempt status of universities, nonprofit advocacy groups and other Section 501(c)(3) organizations frequently have been in the news lately. The IRS revocation of a Section 501(c)(3) organization's...more
On May 28, 2025, in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2025-52) (“Soroban II”), the Tax Court held the active role of limited partners in a fund manager caused them to fail to qualify as “limited partners”...more
Taxpayers who made payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that included underpayment interest and/or failure-to-file/pay penalties that accrued during all or part of the period between January 20, 2020, through July...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: Parrish v. United States, No. 24-275: This case addresses the procedural requirements for filing a notice of appeal after the original deadline to appeal...more
On May 28, 2025, the United States Tax Court held that the limited partners of a limited partnership providing investment management services to various investment funds were not limited partners within the meaning of...more
On May 28, 2025, the US Tax Court ruled that investment manager limited partners in Soroban Capital Partners were active limited partners and, as such, were ineligible for the limited partner exception to self-employment...more
In this Court Rips edition of the buzz: IRC §280E limits the ERC for cannabis company - Canna Provisions case is dismissed (again) by Appeals Court....more
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to strip the tax-exempt status from colleges and universities. Most recently, on May 2, Trump announced in a social media post, “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax...more
On April 28, YA Global Investments, LP (“YA Global”) filed an appeal in the 3rd Circuit, contesting the Tax Court’s decision in YA Global Investments, LP v. Commissioner. In YA Global Investments, the court found that YA...more
As a result of President Trump’s recent social media posts regarding Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, some institutions of higher education (IHE) have expressed concerns over whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...more
Ten years ago, Hovik Nazaryan sued Femtometrix, Inc. claiming that the company had issued shares to him than it had promised. The parties settled the lawsuit. The settlement agreement provided that the stock issued to Mr....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a US Court of Federal Claims ruling that Hatch-Waxman Act litigation expenses are ordinary and necessary business expenses under § 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,...more
On January 30, 2025, a bipartisan group of US Senators released a discussion draft of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act (“TAS Act”), a legislative proposal that, if passed, could significantly alter tax controversy...more
On February 13, 2025, a Tennessee federal district court handed FedEx Corporation its second win in a refund action involving the application of foreign tax credits to what are known as “offset earnings.”[1] Offset earnings...more
Tax developments - The validity of the 245A DRD for indirectly owned foreign corporations - On January 21, 2025, the IRS filed a motion for summary judgment asking the Tax Court to hold that Sysco Corporation (Sysco)...more
On January 30, 2025, Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee released a discussion draft of the “Taxpayer Assistance...more
The US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released Final Regulations related to the resolution of federal tax controversies by the Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals), largely rejecting...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 10, 2025 – February 14, 2025. TAX-CONTROVERSY-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - The previous IRS...more
In 2019, Congress introduced Internal Revenue Code Section 7803(e) that codified the IRS Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) as an administrative avenue for resolving disputes without going to court, focusing on...more
Did you know the appeal of an IRS audit is based upon the IRS examination file record of the audit itself? When the IRS produces its "Notice of Determination" at the end of an audit, a very important door closes: the ability...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 13, 2025 – January 17, 2025. TAX CONTROVERSY-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - January 15, 2025: The US...more
On 1/15/25, the IRS announced three pilot programs to test changes to existing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs. The new IRS Pilot Mediation Programs are designed to help taxpayers resolve tax disputes earlier...more
The Taxpayer First Act (“TFA”), which was signed into law on July 1, 2019, makes the most significant changes to administrative procedures since the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. In addition...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (T.D. 10030) implementing section 7803(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 7803(e) was...more
On January 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases: Becerra v. Braidwood Management, Inc., No. 24-316: This case addresses the constitutionality of the U.S. Preventive Services...more