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State & Local Tax Takeaways From July

As activity in most state legislatures wound down in July, action in the courtroom heated up, especially with stat... (more story)

Why Law Firms Still Back LLPs After BlueCrest Tax Ruling

Limited liability partnerships are still the structure of choice for law firms trying to keep pace with a London l... (more story)

Ruling May Further Erode IRS' Post-Loper Bright Authority

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently held that a general congressional grant of authority by itself cannot su... (more story)

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Texas Man Gets 3½ Years, Must Pay $6M For Fraud Scheme

A Colorado federal judge sentenced a Texas man Wednesday to 3.5 years in prison for his role in the operation and promotion of a multimillion-dollar fraudulent investment fund, ordering nearly $6 million to be... (more story)

JBS To Pay $31M In Pilgrim's Pride Investors' Control Suit

Brazil-based meat giant JBS SA agreed to pay $31 million to shareholders of its subsidiary Pilgrim's Pride Corp. to settle a suit accusing JBS, its affiliates and its Pilgrim's board appointees of unfairly inc... (more story)

Taiwan LED Maker To Pay $5.15M In Customs Fraud Deal

Taiwanese-based Everlight Electronics will pay the U.S. government $5.15 million to resolve duty evasion allegations in a dispute brought under the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District... (more story)

Judge Says Firearms Act Can't Stand After Gun Taxes Zeroed

A Texas federal court ruled Wednesday that the National Firearms Act and its enforcement of registration and transfer requirements are unconstitutional in light of the 2025 federal budget bill's elimination of... (more story)

Convicted Tax-Offender Atty Rebuffed In Bid To Have Firearm

A Connecticut attorney who served prison time for tax offenses cannot proceed with most of a suit that seeks the restoration of his right to possess a firearm, a federal judge said in a ruling Wednesday.

NJ Firm Winne Banta Brings On Trusts And Estates Atty Duo

The principals behind a Hackensack, New Jersey-based trust and estates and elder law firm have joined Winne Banta Basralian & Kahn PC as members of the firm bringing expertise in tax efficient family wealth tr... (more story)

Court Wrongly Nixed $750K Tax Debt Collection, 6th Circ. Told

An Ohio federal court wrongly found that the U.S. government couldn't collect on a man's federal tax liabilities of over $750,000 via a property sale, the government told the Sixth Circuit, saying while the ma... (more story)

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NYC Extends Deadline For Pied-À-Terre Tax Exemptions

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has extended the deadline for applying for exemptions from a "pied-à-terre" tax on second NYC homes that the city values at $1 million or more, setting the new deadline as Sept. 18.

Fla. Homestead Exemption Ballot Question Must Be Changed

The Florida attorney general has 10 days to submit a revised title and summary for a ballot question that proposes boosting the state's homestead tax exemption, after a state judge found the current language m... (more story)

25 States Sue Trump Over 3rd Round Of Global Tariffs

California, Arizona and 23 other states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday claiming the president is trying for a third time to impose illegal tariffs against near... (more story)

Childcare Timely Sought Tax Exemption, Minn. Justices Told

A Minnesota childcare center that missed a county deadline for claiming a tax exemption was still entitled to secure the tax break through an appeal to the state's tax court, the center's owner told the state Supreme Court.

Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Ala. Localities Can't Tax Only Railroads, 11th Circ. Says

A federal court correctly ruled that Alabama localities could not impose sales taxes on rail carriers' diesel fuel purchases, because a corresponding state-level tax was found to be discriminatory and the auth... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Latham, Matheson, S&C, Weil

In this week's Taxation With Representation, DCC Energy PLC backs a takeover offer from investment firm KKR and Energy Capital Partners, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange acquires MarketAxess H... (more story)

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Finance Group Urges Changes To UK Tax Reporting Rules

The U.K.'s Labour government should change its plans for new cross-border tax reporting rules because the draft rules are overly complex for financial firms and the timeline is unrealistic, an industry group warned.

OECD Biz Group Asks For Clearer Transfer Pricing Guidelines

A business advisory group to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has asked for clearer transfer pricing guidelines from the group to determine how intragroup payments should be priced and... (more story)

EU Carbon Tax Fallout Overestimated In India, Group Says

The cost of the European Union's carbon levy for India's steel industry may be lower than previously expected, as researchers have failed to account for the diverse nature of the sector, a climate think tank reported Tuesday.

HMRC Beats Abuse Liability Claim Over Homophobic Emails

A government employee cannot hold HMRC responsible for years of homophobic abuse despite its failure to strengthen safeguards against anonymous emails as a tribunal found that those shortcomings were unrelated... (more story)

Nations Continue Push To Avoid Duplication In UN Tax Treaty

Several countries continued to push for avoiding duplication of other international tax work during Monday's opening of a two-week negotiating session for the draft proposal of the United Nations' framework co... (more story)

Canada Imposes Temporary Cabinet Tariff But Exempts US

Certain wood cabinets and vanities will be subject to a 25% surtax when imported into Canada under a temporary provision designed to protect the country's softwood lumber industry, though the Canadian governme... (more story)

NGO Seeks UN Push For Unitary Tax To Tackle Profit Shifting

Officials contributing to the United Nations tax talks should explicitly commit to a system of global unitary taxation to tackle corporate profit shifting, an advocacy group said.