Featured Stories

How Spain's Snap Election Could Reshape Its Tax Policy

Spain is set to hold a snap general election Nov. 29, and the contest could reshape the country's tax landscape if conservative...(read more)

Mamdani Administration Seeking 'Fast Affordable Housing'

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in contrast to his predecessor, has been aggressive in pushing for more affordable housing, and ...(read more)

Data Center Tax Breaks Face Election-Year Political Pushback

States across the country and political divide moved in 2026 to curb tax breaks for data centers, and the issue has featured pr...(read more)

Federal More

Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Fenwick

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Marvell Technology buys data center optics maker Lumentum, defense technology company Shield acquires radar company Echodyne, and CVS Health plans to split into two independent,...(read more)

Judges Must Turn To Merits Earlier To Fix Civil Justice System

The U.S. justice system is long overdue for a cultural shift that encourages judges to engage with the merits of a case from the outset, which would help to cut through procedural complexities and deliver high-quality just...(read more)

Data-Sharing Dispute Stalls US Entities' Exit From EU Blacklist

Negotiations to remove the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands from the European Union's tax blacklist continue to be hindered by a disagreement on whether data on U.S.-sourced income linked to ...(read more)

Trump's Hush Money Conviction Examined By Wary NY Panel

A New York State appellate court Thursday quizzed attorneys for President Donald Trump and state prosecutors over his hush-money conviction, exploring defense counsel's claims that the district attorney trespassed into fed...(read more)

MVP: Wachtell Lipton's Eiko Stange

Eiko Stange, a member of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's tax practice, was lead counsel on OpenAI's corporate restructuring and recapitalization, advised Honeywell on its aerospace business's $72 billion spinoff and oversaw...(read more)

IRS Asks 10th Circ. To Uphold Taxes, Penalties On Ranchers

The U.S. Tax Court properly ruled that an Oklahoma couple owe roughly $260,000 in taxes and penalties because their ranch wasn't operated for profit as they had asserted, the IRS told the Tenth Circuit, saying they lacked ...(read more)

Virgin Islands Tax Agency Denied Redo In NIIT Dispute

A U.S. Virgin Islands federal judge declined to rethink his order holding that the territory's residents are exempt from the net investment income tax, ruling that local revenue collectors' disagreement with his reasoning ...(read more)

State & Local More

Faegre Drinker Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Specialist In Philly

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax associate to join its Philadelphia office as a partner working on federal income tax and other tax matters, according to a Wednesday announcement.

NY Panel Tosses Challenge To Rollout Of NYC 2nd-Home Tax

A New York state appeals court threw out a challenge lodged by homeowners to the rollout of New York City's tax on high-value second homes, saying they lacked standing to bring the suit.

DeSantis To Call Special Session For New Property Tax Breaks

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he will call a special session for lawmakers to implement the homestead exemption hike approved by voters Tuesday, a measure expected to significantly reduce local property tax...(read more)

MVP: Paul Weiss' Brian Krause

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Brian Krause assisted drug company Metsera in its up-to-$10 billion acquisition by Pfizer and served as the lead tax counsel during Keurig Dr Pepper's $18.4 billion acquisi...(read more)

The Invisible AI Danger That May Undermine Legal Profession

A public database tracking cases involving hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence recently surpassed 2,200 entries, but the bigger risk underlying attorneys’ use of such tools is that they will slowly surrende...(read more)

3 Wash. Supreme Court Justices Poised To Keep Seats

Three incumbent Washington State Supreme Court justices held off challengers in Tuesday's election, and King County Superior Court judges emerged as front-runners for two other open spots on the state high court, according...(read more)

Iowa To Require Two-Thirds Votes For Income Tax Hikes

Future proposals to raise Iowa state income taxes will need supermajority approval from lawmakers under a ballot measure passed by voters Tuesday.

International More

Canada Plans To Float Full Cost Deductions For Investments

A budget released by the Department of Finance Canada signaled several coming corporate tax proposals, including full-expense deductions for new investments and a tax exemption on up to CA$15 million ($10.6 million) in cap...(read more)

Biffa Seeks £6.5M Over Alleged Landfill Tax Evasion Scheme

A landfill operator has sued a waste management services supplier for £6.46 million ($9 million), accusing the supplier of "gaming" the system by falsely claiming that waste it delivered qualified for lower landfill tax ra...(read more)

Home Depot, Others Fight Bid To Merge Tariff Refund Suits

Home Depot said it opposed combining every proposed customer class action over increased costs from tariffs into multidistrict litigation, claiming there are too many economic differences between the suits. 

FCA Stops Collector Chasing Workers For Tax Scheme Loans

The financial watchdog said Thursday that it has prevented a debt collection firm from pursuing workers for repayment of tax avoidance scheme loans, after the debts were sold to a company that is not authorized by the regu...(read more)

Illinois Tool Co. Disputes $26M Tax Bill, Seeks $32M Refund

The IRS erred in denying a $739 million capital loss to an Illinois tool company as well as determining it owes more than $26 million in taxes for 2019 through 2021 and denying its request for a $32 million refund for thos...(read more)

Dead Man's $2M FBAR Penalty Is Reasonable, 9th Circ. Told

The $2 million in civil penalties imposed on a dead man for violating foreign bank account reporting rules when he was alive is not excessive, the U.S. government told the Ninth Circuit in a bid to collect the penalties fr...(read more)

EU Digital Tax Proposal Saved From Legislative Cull

The European Commission decided not to ax a digital services tax proposal in its 2027 work program despite a lack of progress, according to a final version of its agenda for the coming year seen Wednesday by Law360.