Federal

  • May 13, 2025

    Cahill Gordon Recruits Fried Frank Digital Assets Co-Leader

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has added the former co-head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's digital assets and blockchain practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday. 

  • May 12, 2025

    Feds Say Tribal Tariff Dispute Must Stay In US Trade Court

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is fighting Montana tribal members' attempt to stop the transfer of their lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Canada tariff orders from federal court to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the CIT has exclusive jurisdiction over the case.

  • May 12, 2025

    DC Judge Declines To Block IRS From Sharing Info With ICE

    A D.C. federal judge rejected Monday a trio of immigration advocacy groups' request to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing with immigration enforcement agencies the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.

  • May 12, 2025

    Tax Court Calls Tax Lawyer's Arguments Against IRS Frivolous

    The U.S. Tax Court found Monday that a tax lawyer who was admitted to practice before the court had advanced four frivolous arguments contesting the authority of the IRS, upholding over $1 million in deficiencies and other additions to tax.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Senators, Judges Support Business In Trump Tariff Fight

    A stationery company challenging President Donald Trump's global tariffs has received support from former U.S. senators and retired federal judges who told a Florida federal court that the power to impose trade measures remains squarely with Congress.

  • May 12, 2025

    Man Who Moved Failed To Fight Tax Bill On Time, Court Says

    A man who didn't immediately notify the IRS that he moved missed his chance to dispute a tax bill the agency sent to his former home, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Monday, saying he failed to show he should've been given extra time to bring his case.

  • May 12, 2025

    Tax Interest Rates Will Remain Steady For July

    The Internal Revenue Service's interest rates for overpayments and underpayments of tax will remain the same in the quarter starting in July, the agency said Thursday.

  • May 12, 2025

    Eaton Allowed To Shield Some Worker Reviews From IRS

    Eaton Corp. may withhold performance evaluations for three foreign employees from the IRS' investigation of Eaton's sale of intellectual property to an Irish affiliate, an Ohio federal judge decided Monday, saying the records are not important enough to the tax investigation to justify violating European privacy law.

  • May 12, 2025

    Tax Court Affirms Mortgage Co.'s $7M Income For Deduction

    A mortgage company can deduct nearly $7 million in corporate income for 2014, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Monday, affirming adjustments made to correct accounting errors tied to its warehouse-lending business.

  • May 12, 2025

    US, China Agree To Temporarily Cut Soaring Tariffs

    The U.S. will cut tariffs on most Chinese goods to 30% for 90 days while China will reduce tariffs on most U.S. goods to 10%, the countries announced Monday after the two governments agreed to relax soaring tariffs.

  • May 12, 2025

    Gunster Tax Ace Jumps To Spencer Fane In Tampa

    Spencer Fane LLP announced Monday that it has bolstered its tax, trusts and estates practice group in Tampa with the addition of a former Gunster shareholder.

  • May 12, 2025

    GOP Floats $30,000 SALT Cap, Renewed R&D Credit

    House Ways and Means Republicans proposed a $30,000 state and local tax deduction cap and a renewed research and development credit in updated legislation to extend their 2017 tax overhaul law, which the committee plans to consider Tuesday.

  • May 12, 2025

    IRS Paid $21B In Improper Tax Credits, TIGTA Says

    The Internal Revenue Service made $21.4 billion in improper refundable tax credit payments last year and again failed to meet lawmakers' goal to reduce its rate of incorrect payments to 10%, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said Monday.

  • May 12, 2025

    Biz Groups Back Bill To Expand FDII Tax Benefits

    A coalition of business lobbying groups has thrown its weight behind proposed legislation that would expand tax breaks for domestically held intellectual property, saying the changes would build on the goals of the 2017 federal tax overhaul.

  • May 12, 2025

    Jury Clears Biz Owner's Wife Of $2M Payroll Tax Debt

    The wife of a man found liable for construction company employment taxes is off the hook for $2 million in liabilities, a New York federal jury found, saying she was not responsible for collecting the taxes and paying them over to the federal government.

  • May 12, 2025

    Exxon Wants Chemicals Added To Taxable Substances List

    The Internal Revenue Service is seeking comments on proposals to add nine chemicals to its list of taxable substances, eight of which were put forward by Exxon Mobil, the agency said Monday.

  • May 09, 2025

    'Proud' Judge Says No Prison For $1.3B Tax Fraud Witnesses

    A Georgia federal judge handed down a pair of what he called "stunningly lenient" no-prison sentences Friday to two brothers who served as key cooperating witnesses in a first-of-its-kind federal case against a sprawling, $1.3 billion tax fraud scheme.

  • May 09, 2025

    PL 86-272 Expansion May Face Rocky Path Through Congress

    The fate of an element of a House budget reconciliation bill that would broaden state income tax protections for businesses may rest with the Senate parliamentarian's view on whether the provision passes muster under reconciliation rules.

  • May 09, 2025

    Tariffs And Tax Breaks Offer Risky Lifeline To US Film Industry

    President Donald Trump's call for a 100% tariff on films made outside the U.S. has potential to improve a struggling domestic industry if it is considered in conjunction with new federal tax incentives to restore production, but the idea hasn't yet gathered support in Congress, according to lawyers who spoke to Law360.

  • May 09, 2025

    GOP Unveils Plan To Cement 2017 Tax Cuts, Expand Biz Relief

    House Republicans plan to meet Tuesday to deliberate a sweeping extension of their 2017 tax overhaul that would lock in low individual rates and deduction limits, expand child care and estate tax breaks, and make permanent tax incentives for small pass-through businesses and U.S. multinational corporations.

  • May 09, 2025

    IRS Cuts May Hinder Prep For 2026 If TCJA Is Renewed

    Internal Revenue Service staff cuts and retirements could hamper planning for next year's filing season if Congress renews the 2017 tax overhaul this year as planned while withholding resources needed to modernize the agency's systems, a former agency commissioner warned Friday.

  • May 09, 2025

    US Seeking A Global Minimum Tax Carveout, Official Says

    The U.S. tax system is "robust enough" for other countries to refrain permanently from applying the 15% global minimum tax to any income that the U.S. taxes or monitors, but an arrangement must be struck before a safe harbor expires, a Treasury Department official said Friday.

  • May 09, 2025

    Express Scripts To Appeal Denied Tax Break In $43M Suit

    Express Scripts is appealing rulings denying it a $43 million tax refund for domestic production activities after a Missouri federal court said the company did not qualify because it did not grant licenses to pharmacy benefit plan sponsors who used its software, the pharmacy benefit manager said Friday.

  • May 09, 2025

    Tax Exemption Case May Bring Sweeping Impact, Attys Say

    A U.S. Supreme Court case considering a religious exemption to unemployment taxes sought by a charity could have implications across a broad swath of organizations, tax practitioners said Friday.

  • May 09, 2025

    Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring

    Former clerks of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter are heartbroken over the death of a man many of them remember more for his conscientiousness, humility, kindness and disdain for the spotlight than for his undeniable brilliance as a jurist.

Expert Analysis

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Justices' False Statement Ruling Curbs Half-Truth Liability

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Thompson v. U.S. decision clarified that a federal statute used to prosecute false statements made to bank regulators only criminalizes outright falsehoods, narrowing prosecutors’ reach and providing defense counsel a stronger basis to challenge indictments of merely misleading statements, says Tamara de Silva at De Silva Law Offices.

  • Perfecting Security Interests In Renewable Energy Tax Credits

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    The ability to transfer renewable energy tax credits has created new opportunities for developers, investors and lenders, but it also raises important questions regarding when and how the security interests in these credits are perfected — questions that must be answered definitively to protect credit claims and transactions, says Harry Teichman at Stinson.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Making The Opportunity Zones Program Great At Last

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    As the opportunity zone program approaches its expiration, the Republican-led government could take specific steps to extend and improve the program, address its structural flaws, encourage broader participation and enable it to live up to its promised outcomes, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Preparing For Tariffs On Canadian Power In The Northeast

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    The on-again, off-again risk of import and export tariffs on energy transactions between the U.S. and Canada may have repercussions for U.S. energy stakeholders in the ISO New England and New York Independent System Operator electricity markets — but there are options that could help reduce cost impacts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • Mitigating Tariff Risks For Healthcare In US And Canada

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    Healthcare stakeholders should take steps to evaluate the impact of cross-border tariffs, as the historically strong ties between Canada and the U.S. demonstrate the potential for real disruption and harm to the healthcare industry in both countries, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • 4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy

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    This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

  • A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing

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    U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.

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