Civil Remedies – May 23, 2012

by Akerman Senterfitt on 5/23/2012

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC, Sup. Ct. No. 11-139 (Apr. 25, 2012) is a victory for taxpayers on the statute of limitations for federal tax assessments. The Supreme...more

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/10/2012

An Illinois circuit court in Performance Marketing Association, Inc. v. Hamer ruled that the Illinois "click-through" nexus statute (otherwise known as the Illinois "Amazon" law) violates the Commerce Clause of the United...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 5/7/2012

On April 23, Morguard Corporation filed an appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal of the decision of Boyle J in the Tax Court of Canada, 2012 TCC 55, (Date: February 24, 2012) holding that a $7.7 million break fee was...more

by Darrin Mish, Tampa Tax Attorney on 5/3/2012

The family of the late Lance Corporal Andrew Carpenter is fighting for waiver of a tax bill the IRS imposed on them. 27-year old Lance Corporal Carpenter died of a sniper attack in Germany while on active duty in Afghanistan...more

by Fox Rothschild on 4/27/2012

In DeNaples v. Commissioner , 109 AFTR 2d 2012-1419 (March 19, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in partially reversing the U.S. Tax Court, held that taxpayers were in receipt of tax-exempt interest...more

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/25/2012

In This Issue: - $5,120,000 Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption Expiring Soon We recently circulated this article as a Special Client Alert. The resetting of the lifetime gift-tax exemption back to $1 million from...more

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 4/23/2012

In Kelly Services, Inc. v. Department of Treasury, No. 303736, the Court of Appeals held that royalties from the licensing of trademarks, trade names, and know-how should be excluded from total-sales calculations under the...more

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 4/18/2012

Last summer, we discussed the split of authority regarding the recoverability of e-discovery costs by a prevailing party in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. Generally, a court may award “[f]ees for exemplification and...more