International

  • July 25, 2025

    Trump Trade Deals Do Little To Ease Importers' Concerns

    President Donald Trump's recently announced framework trade deals offer new insight into tariff rates for several countries come Aug. 1, but experts say unanswered questions about those agreements and others still at large continue to stifle longer-term planning, leaving importers in uncertain territory.

  • July 25, 2025

    Ex-Credit Suisse Client Gets 2½ Years For Hiding $90M In Assets

    A Florida federal judge on Friday sentenced a Colombian-American businesswoman and former Credit Suisse client to two-and-a-half years in prison for conspiring with family members to hide more than $90 million in assets from the IRS through a series of foreign bank accounts.

  • July 25, 2025

    Russia Loses Bid To Nix Enforcement Of $63B Awards

    A Singapore court on Friday denied Russia's bid to dodge litigation seeking the enforcement of more than $63 billion in arbitral awards issued to former investors in Yukos Oil Co. 11 years ago, rejecting the Kremlin's argument that it never agreed to arbitrate the dispute.

  • July 25, 2025

    Swiss Withholding Tax Counts For Minimum Tax, Gov't Says

    Swiss multinational businesses will need to take into account Swiss withholding taxes on distributions to owners when calculating liabilities for the domestic component of the 15% global minimum tax, but not taxes paid on those distributions abroad, the Federal Tax Administration said in guidance.

  • July 25, 2025

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Michael Q. Cannon

    Michael Q. Cannon of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has been the lead attorney on several high-profile cases, including playing a key role in advising on the tax aspects of the world's largest merger and acquisition deal in 2023, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2025

    IRS Provides Guidance Meant To Speed Up Corporate Audits

    The Internal Revenue Service released guidance Friday that aims to make audits more efficient for corporate taxpayers, including by phasing out a document request process taxpayers had criticized as time-consuming and of little value.

  • July 25, 2025

    6 Things To Know About Illinois' New Tax Landscape

    Illinois' latest budget has altered the state's tax system for 2025 and beyond, including by offering three tax amnesty programs, making significant changes to corporate tax law and implementing a relatively new concept for the sourcing of pass-through entity sales. Here, Law360 looks at aspects that state tax practitioners say are crucial to their clients.

  • July 25, 2025

    France Says It Will Accept Amount B Decisions

    France will accept transfer pricing decisions made under the simplified and streamlined OECD process known as Amount B, provided they're made by an eligible low-capacity country that has a bilateral tax treaty with France, the French government said.

  • July 25, 2025

    Legal Org Urges DC Circ. To Reject Trump's Tariff Powers

    The D.C. Circuit should affirm a ruling that sided with toy makers and blocked President Donald Trump from using an international economic law to impose emergency tariffs because the law does not give the president the authority he claims, a legal organization argued.

  • July 25, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Linklaters

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, CC Capital and One Investment Management acquire Insignia Financial Ltd., catering giant Compass Group PLC acquires Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV, drugmaker Sanofi acquires biotech company Vicebio, and The Ether Machine launches as a public company.

  • July 25, 2025

    UK Adds Spain, Guernsey To Approved Minimum Tax List

    The U.K. government added Spain and the island of Guernsey to its list of jurisdictions that have implemented the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global corporate minimum tax mechanisms.

  • July 24, 2025

    Rising Star: McDermott's Michael Bruno

    Michael Bruno of McDermott Will & Emery LLP was tapped as lead tax counsel by two legendary athletes — Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry — for the rollouts of their respective beverage brands, earning him recognition as one of the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2025

    GOP Reps. Urge IRS To Roll Back Economic Substance Ruling

    The Internal Revenue Service should withdraw a revenue ruling that invokes the economic substance doctrine to disregard certain intercompany transactions, 20 Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee said Thursday, arguing it leaves taxpayers uncertain about how to apply partnership tax laws to commercial transactions.

  • July 24, 2025

    EU Considering Overhaul Of VAT On Traveling

    The European Commission is seeking comments on how best to adjust its value-added tax rules for travel agents and passenger transportation, saying Thursday that the current rules are outdated and overly complex, leading to economic distortions and lower tax revenue.

  • July 24, 2025

    German Court Convicts 4th In €195M VAT Fraud Scheme

    A fourth person has been convicted in connection with a €195 million ($229.3 million) value-added tax fraud scheme, this time in a German regional court, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said.

  • July 24, 2025

    OECD Pricing Tax Lacks Gains For Many Nations, Report Says

    The OECD's subject-to-tax rule would not affect any treaties between the organization's members and major developing countries, while the United Nations' alternative version could raise revenue more effectively, according to a report from the Group of 24 nations and an intergovernmental think tank. 

  • July 24, 2025

    Tax Reforms Key To Thailand Social Protections, OECD Says

    Spending on nonhealthcare social protections in Thailand makes up 2.1% of its gross domestic product, and raising that spending will require juiced tax revenue, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday while suggesting avenues for such an increase.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Joe Soltis

    Joe Soltis of Freshfields LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including Cencora's $4.6 billion acquisition of Retina Consultants of America, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    UK Payroll Co. Dodges £2.1M Penalty In VAT Fraud Case

    A payroll company isn't liable for a penalty of £2.1 million ($2.8 million) and can claim a deduction on the £7.1 million in value-added tax that was lost to fraud by a missing trader, a Manchester tribunal ruled.

  • July 23, 2025

    Katten Welcomes Ex-Gibson Dunn Tax Pro In New York

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced on Tuesday that it has added a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP of counsel to its transactional tax planning practice, noting her extensive experience in the finance space.

  • July 23, 2025

    EU E-Commerce Rules Generated €33B VAT In 2024

    The European Union's measures for better collecting value-added taxes from online sales and the globalized economy generated €33 billion ($38.7 billion) across three reporting regimes last year, the bloc said Wednesday.

  • July 22, 2025

    Trump Says US Has Reached 'Exciting' Trade Deal With Japan

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States has entered into a "massive" trade deal with Japan under which Japan will "open their country to trade, including cars and trucks, rice and certain other agricultural products" and pay a 15% tariff.

  • July 22, 2025

    Civil Rights Org. Backs 2nd Suit Over Tariffs, In Texas

    The New Civil Liberties Alliance is representing two businesses and a trade association in Texas federal court in a suit filed on Monday against the federal government — the second suit the alliance has taken on to fight President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs.

  • July 22, 2025

    Trump Announces Framework For Indonesia Trade Deal

    Indonesian goods entering the U.S. will face a 19% tariff beginning Aug. 1 as U.S. exports will benefit from a series of tariff reductions and removal of certain trade barriers by Indonesia, according to new details President Donald Trump announced for a trade deal between the two countries Tuesday on Truth Social.

  • July 22, 2025

    Senate Panel Approves Sidley Partner To Be Top Treasury Atty

    The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump's nomination of a Sidley Austin LLP partner to be general counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, sending his nomination to the full Senate for consideration.

Featured Stories

  • Trump Trade Deals Do Little To Ease Importers' Concerns

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    President Donald Trump's recently announced framework trade deals offer new insight into tariff rates for several countries come Aug. 1, but experts say unanswered questions about those agreements and others still at large continue to stifle longer-term planning, leaving importers in uncertain territory.

  • Top International Tax Policy To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

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    The attempt by the U.S. to win an exemption for its companies from the 15% global minimum tax is the most consequential saga currently in international tax policy, but the tumultuous trade scene and anticipated guidance on Congress' tax code tinkering are also in the minds of tax professionals. Here, Law360 looks at what further changes are likely in the volatile global tax landscape during the second half of the year.

  • 6 Things To Know About Illinois' New Tax Landscape

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    Illinois' latest budget has altered the state's tax system for 2025 and beyond, including by offering three tax amnesty programs, making significant changes to corporate tax law and implementing a relatively new concept for the sourcing of pass-through entity sales. Here, Law360 looks at aspects that state tax practitioners say are crucial to their clients.

Expert Analysis

  • How Cos. In China Can Tailor Compliance Amid FCPA Shifts

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently updated Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement guidelines create a fluid business environment for companies operating in China that will require a customized compliance approach to navigate both countries’ corporate and legal systems, say attorneys at Dickinson Wright.

  • Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • 4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • AbbVie Frees Taxpayers From M&A Capital Loss Limitations

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    The U.S. Tax Court’s June 17 opinion in AbbVie v. Commissioner, finding that a $1.6 billion break fee was an ordinary and necessary business expense, marks a pivotal rejection of the Internal Revenue Service’s position on the tax treatment of termination fees related to failed mergers or acquisitions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'

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    The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Can Companies Add Tariffs Back To Earnings Calculations?

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    With the recent and continually evolving tariffs announced by the Trump administration, John Ryan at King & Spalding takes a detailed look at whether those new tariffs can be added back in calculating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — an important question that may greatly affect a company's compliance with its financial covenants.

  • A Look At DOJ's Dropped Case Against Early Crypto Operator

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    The prosecution of an early crypto exchange operator over alleged unlicensed money transmission was recently dropped in Indiana federal court, showcasing that the U.S. Justice Department may be limiting the types of enforcement cases it will bring against digital asset firms, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • 8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

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    Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

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    Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

  • Navigating Antitrust Risks When Responding To Tariffs

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    Companies should assess competitive perils, implement compliance safeguards and document independent decision-making as they consider their responses to recent tariff pressures, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Key Points From HMRC's Tax Reform Proposals

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    Although HM Revenue & Customs’ recent proposals for reform of U.K. transfer pricing and permanent establishment rules align with the latest international consensus, certain amendments may lead to future controversy, say lawyers at Skadden.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm

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    My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.