JURIST

MARCH 12, 2023

” Speaking at the Parliament’s Federation Chamber on Thursday, Wilkie tabled 17 binders containing financial records he obtained from a whistleblower, stating that “Hillsong is breaking numerous laws in Australia and around the world relating to fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A US federal judge Monday approved a settlement for over $1 million in a class action lawsuit that involved a 2018 immigration raid on a Tennessee meat packing plant that lead to the detainment of approximately 100 Latinx workers. ” The NILC described the settlement as a “hard-fought win.”

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

Those decisions are changing the way agencies, including FDA, exercise their rulemaking and enforcement authorities. Ohio , and Corner Post have fundamentally altered the scope of agency authority. Absent an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to act, the judiciary should forbid delegation.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges in a surprise move just before jury selection was set to begin in his Los Angeles trial. The plea comes three months after Biden was convicted on federal gun charges in Delaware, with sentencing in that case set for November.

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Parasec

JANUARY 6, 2025

All this back-and-forth has understandably led to confusion and frustration among business owners, legal and tax professionals, and service providers alike. If you need assistance with filing your report and paying taxes and fees, our compliance specialists are available to help. The form utilized by C.F.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

Federal Government 5%. They can also find positions on the State level, such as the Attorney General’s Office, and finally, opportunities exist at the Federal level with various agencies such as the Department of Justice, Military, Courts, Social Security Administration, CIA, Department of Transportation, and IRS to name a few.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2021

The authorities entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with R+B, under which R+B has admitted to its unlawful conduct and agreed to pay $22 million in restitution, forfeiture, and penalties. taxpayers in evading their tax responsibilities to the tune of more than $16 million. accountholders. accountholders.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Because the plaintiffs made so many of the claims typically brought by parties seeking to invalidate local laws, and because the court sets out its analysis in dismissing with each of them, the decision serves as somewhat of a master class in local authority to enact ambitious climate laws. Three legal concepts are at play here.

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Hoban Law Group

APRIL 13, 2021

Though legal to produce or sell in their respective domiciled states, at the federal level cannabis is still considered a Schedule I substance. Tax deduction limits under 280E. Therefore, it is still enmeshed in federal legislation targeted toward “harder” substances. are barred from taking tax deductions or credits. .

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As of November 2021, an estimated 34,000 health care workers and support staff depend on DACA for their authorization to work in the United States. billion in federal, state and local taxes each year. DACA recipients and their households pay an estimated $9.5 In addition, DACA recipients’ estimated $25.3

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2024

The SCC’s decision confirmed that the Charter does indeed apply to the VGFN, as it exhibits the following four key indicators of a government entity: The VGFN Council is democratically elected by the members of the VGFN and is accountable to its constituents, similar to the democratic accountability seen in federal and provincial governments.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

South Australia’s Supreme Court of Appeal rejected Australian Taxation Office (ATO) whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal to secure immunity from prosecution, under section 10(1)(a) of Australia’s Federal Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act on Wednesday.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2024

The bill has sparked debate regarding its compliance with federal law, particularly the concerning the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), which governs union organization. She emphasized that Georgians should have the choice to unionize or not when their tax dollars support job creation.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Rule 39 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure governs the process of awarding those costs for appellate litigation in the federal courts. San Antonio persuaded the trial court that the companies had been underpaying hotel occupancy taxes. Alito perceives “a cohesive scheme for taxing appellate costs” in Rule 39.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Under Article I of the Constitution as originally ratified, Congress could only levy “direct taxes” if such taxes were “apportioned among the several States,” meaning in proportion to their populations. Macomber that the 16th Amendment’s exemption from apportionment is limited to taxes on realized gains.” And under the MRT, U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

If a taxpayer is late in seeking judicial review in a tax proceeding known as a “collection due process” case, the U.S. Tax Court has the power to excuse the missed deadline for equitable reasons, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a unanimous decision. The case, Boechler v. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Customs & International Trade Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

territory, although uniquely situated as a part of the customs territory of the United States it simultaneously operates its own internal tax system for importations into Puerto Rico. As the name suggests, the IVU is comprised of (1) sales tax, and (2) a use tax. Generally, the use tax is 11.5 Puerto Rico, a U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2022

Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court Monday fined Credit Suisse two million Swiss francs for failing to stop an employee who allowed a criminal organization to launder money through the bank. Credit Suisse was also fined by the US Department of Justice in 2014 for enabling tax evasion.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The clemency initiative is an attempt to prevent the return to prison of some 4,800 federal inmates who were released early due to the pandemic emergency in an effort to slow facility transmission rates.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

The decision is in no way surprising, as it merely obligates creditors operated by Native American tribes to submit to the bankruptcy process in the same way that the states and the federal government do. The case involves an online payday lending operation owned by the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

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JURIST

JUNE 18, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) can retain its power to dismiss third-party federal whistleblower actions filed on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act (FCA). When a relator files a complaint, the Government gets an initial opportunity to intervene in the case. .”

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

Over the next year, tax practitioners will be closely monitoring suits that challenge the IRS' use of the economic substance doctrine, take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision curbing federal agencies' regulatory authority and dispute the government's handling of worker retention credits.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The school district settled with Perez on the IDEA violation, but argued that IDEA prevented Perez from bringing the ADA violation claim in federal court before follow IDEA-prescribed administrative procedures. 1252(d)(1) which holds that immigrants must first exhaust all administrative remedies before turning to a federal court for review.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 14, 2025

As Justice Elena Kagan wrote, the statutory text authorizing a profits award for trademark infringement offers no support for the approach the courts below took. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court disagreed. It unanimously held that the court could award only profits properly ascribable to the defendant itself.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

The court held that tribal governments — and thus their police officers — retain the power to temporarily stop, and if necessary, search non-Indians traveling on public rights-of-way (highways) through reservations for suspected violations of federal or state laws. The unanimous opinion was authored by Justice Stephen Breyer.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

Share Tax season is upon us, and for many, April 15 is a date looming on the horizon as the traditional deadline for dispatching yet another check payable to the United States Treasury. He made a partial payment of the assessed taxes from the bank account of one of his limited liability companies. United States.

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Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its hearing against H&R Block accusing the tax preparation firm of false advertising, a Missouri federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the company's argument that the agency's administrative law judges lack constitutional authority to preside.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids members called on federal (and state) policymakers to ensure that more children from families with low incomes have access to high-quality preschool. Federal and state policymakers must work in a bipartisan manner to increase access to these programs, particularly for children from families with low incomes. “At

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2023

A person, whose identity is not publicly known, wished to expatriate, apparently for tax reasons. Legal issues, including over tax liabilities, must be resolved before the United States will agree. Tax-return preparation is a nonlegal service that by itself carries no privilege even if performed by a lawyer.

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The Crime Report

JULY 6, 2022

The study examined the impact of cutting federal financial support from one cohort of the vulnerable youth population—disabled young adults—and found a 20 percent increase in the number of criminal charges faced by that cohort over a 20-year period.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has recently issued a public clarification in relation to the recoverability of credit pertaining to Mobile Phones (Phones).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 21, 2024

The Amicus Brief Our amicus brief argues that the question of whether the CLCPA field preempts Local Law 97 is one of tremendous public importance because it necessarily implicates whether any local government in New York has the authority to enact ordinances to reduce GHG emissions. More optimistically, the 2022 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Lisa Folajtar is barred because of a felony conviction for willfully making a materially false statement on her tax returns. Gonzalez counsels against enjoining unconstitutional usurpations of authority to regulate federal elections by state courts and executive branch officials. Yakima County, Washington.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This guest post was authored by Joel Smith, a 3L at the University of Missouri School of Law, with support from the team at the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”), of course! Currently pending before the en banc Federal Circuit is Taylor v. McDonough , No.

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Law 360

MAY 26, 2021

authorities are ramping up their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation of Toyota, with federal prosecutors impaneling a grand jury in Texas as they seek any evidence the carmaker bribed top Thai judges to overturn a $350 million tax judgment, according to a U.S.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Mass incarceration cannot be separated from the fact that the carceral labor system is powered and incentivized for financial gain and profit, writes the paper’s author, Laura I. See Also: Despite Federal Clampdown, Private Prisons Reap Profits. Laura Appleman. Understanding the Past and Modern Profiteering.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2021

PennEast’s quest to construct a new pipeline to serve markets in the eastern United States started in 2014 when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission began its pre-submission environmental review of the proposed pipeline. Factual and legal background. New Jersey appealed to the U.S.

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