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January 02, 2026
IRS Floats Updates To Fee Paid By Brand Drugmakers
The Internal Revenue Service floated updates to regulations governing how branded prescription drug manufacturers or importers should calculate an annual fee established by the Affordable Care Act, a move the agency said aims to incorporate changes in drug discount programs and clarify tax reporting.
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January 02, 2026
Guns, Taxes & Labor: Cannabis Litigation Trends To Watch
In 2026, courts throughout the U.S. will consider cases weighing Second Amendment rights of cannabis users, a punitive federal tax policy that affects state-legal marijuana businesses, labor peace requirements in the cannabis space, and whether a constitutional doctrine bars states from preferencing their residents in doling out marijuana licenses.
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January 02, 2026
Federal Tax Policy To Watch In 2026
Changes to federal tax policy are relatively uncommon in midterm election years as lawmakers, many of whom prioritize political positioning over major tax overhauls, show little appetite for sweeping legislation or even narrower fixes that could attract bipartisan support. Here, Law360 examines federal tax policy to watch in 2026.
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January 02, 2026
Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In 2026
The application of self-employment taxes to limited partners, the economic substance doctrine's threshold and the question of whether Internal Revenue Service penalties need a jury's deliberation are topics federal courts likely will examine in coming decisions. Here, Law360 reviews the top federal tax cases to watch in the coming year.
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January 02, 2026
Top International Tax Cases To Watch In 2026
Major multinational corporations such as McKesson and Coca-Cola will continue to litigate high-stakes international tax cases in 2026, including transfer pricing disputes with billions of dollars on the line and fights over whether regulations exceed the government's authority. Here, Law360 looks at four key international tax cases to follow in the new year.
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January 01, 2026
Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
In 2025, President Donald Trump put 20 district and six circuit judges on the federal bench. In the year ahead, a fight over home state senators' ability to block district court picks could make it more difficult for him to match that record.
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January 01, 2026
4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle several constitutional disputes that range from who is entitled to birthright citizenship to whether transgender individuals are entitled to heightened levels of protection from discrimination.
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January 01, 2026
BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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December 23, 2025
SEC, FAT Brands Near Deal In Suit On CEO's $27M Loan Scam
Restaurant franchiser FAT Brands, its former CEO and other executives told a California federal judge on Tuesday that they reached a deal to resolve the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil claims that they ran an illegal $27 million personal-loan scheme to fuel the former CEO's lavish lifestyle as the public company floundered.
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December 23, 2025
Tax Court Denies Couple's Child Tax Credit For Nephew
A couple who jointly filed as a married couple in 2020 cannot claim the child tax credit for a minor whom they describe as their nephew from Mexico who came to live with them that year, a U.S. Tax Court judge ruled Tuesday.
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December 23, 2025
Top International Trade Developments Of 2025
Importers faced novel levels of uncertainty in 2025 as President Donald Trump introduced several new tariff actions during his second term, including some that prompted importers to challenge a law used to authorize duties that had never been used before. Here, Law360 examines the year's top international trade developments.
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December 23, 2025
Top International Tax Cases Of 2025
Government tax administrations came up short in some of the biggest international cases decided this year, including Denmark's challenge to a British trader it accused of deceiving the tax authority into paying thousands of improper refunds. Here, Law360 examines seven of the year's top international tax cases.
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December 23, 2025
IRS Issues Updates To Healthcare Premium Tax Credit
The IRS released updates Tuesday to the refundable premium tax credit that allows individuals to purchase health insurance from the federal government's marketplace, including the removal of a repayment cap on excess credits that were established in the Republican 2025 budget law.
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December 23, 2025
IRS Issues FAQs For Interest Expense Deduction Limits
The Internal Revenue Service issued answers Tuesday to a set of frequently asked questions related to interest expense deduction calculations that were changed under the budget reconciliation law.
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December 23, 2025
11th Circ. Rejects Woman's Legal Fees In Tax Case Win
A Florida woman cannot recoup around $6,000 in attorney fees as part of her win in a U.S. Tax Court deficiency action despite paying her husband's legal practice to help with the case, the Eleventh Circuit found, affirming the Tax Court's ruling.
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December 22, 2025
10th Circ. Tosses Plumbing Co.'s Captive Deduction Bid
The Tenth Circuit is not the proper forum for a Utah plumbing company to challenge the Internal Revenue Service's 2016 notice denying a microcaptive insurance deduction, the appeals court found Monday, citing two statutes that bar the company's arguments.
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December 22, 2025
6th Circ. Vacates Pharma Salesman's $6.8M Restitution Order
The Sixth Circuit vacated a nearly $7 million restitution order against a pharmaceutical salesman convicted of healthcare fraud, finding an Ohio federal court erred in calculating that amount and apportioning liability.
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December 22, 2025
Draft House Bill Would Clarify Tax Rules For Digital Assets
A bipartisan draft bill in the U.S. House would modernize the federal tax code for digital assets, its backers said, by establishing a "commonsense tax treatment" for regulated payment stablecoins, clarifying source-of-income rules for trading and extending existing securities-lending rules to digital assets.
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December 22, 2025
IRS To Issue Guidance For Dyed Fuel Tax Refunds
The IRS announced plans Monday to issue guidance for a provision under the federal budget bill regarding a tax refund process for dyed fuel.
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December 22, 2025
Britney Spears Disputes $720K IRS Bill In Tax Court
Britney Spears is challenging the IRS over the more than $720,000 it assessed against her in 2021, telling the U.S. Tax Court that the agency improperly increased income she received through her pass-through entity.
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December 22, 2025
Tariff Refunds Would Be 'A Mess,' Economic Official Says
It would be an "administrative problem" to issue tariff refunds in the aftermath of a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the White House's trade measures, a top economic policy official said.
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December 22, 2025
IRS Seeks Input On Updates To Voluntary Disclosure Process
The Internal Revenue Service asked Monday for comments on a proposed change to its voluntary disclosure program that would require payment of all taxes, penalties and interest within three months after being conditionally approved for the program.
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December 22, 2025
Farmers Can Pay Capital Gains Tax In Installments, IRS Says
Farmers who will pay capital gains tax on a farmland property sale to another farmer can opt to make the payments in four equal installments instead of a lump sum under guidance the IRS released Monday, implementing relief created by the 2025 budget law.
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December 19, 2025
Gunderson-Led Tax Firm Andersen Trades Up After Rare IPO
Tax valuation and advisory firm Andersen Group Inc. has closed a $202 million initial public offering, marking a rare IPO that required legal teams to navigate uncommon structural and governance challenges, according to attorneys who steered the offering.
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December 19, 2025
Conn. Investment Adviser Admits To Tax Evasion
A Connecticut man pled guilty to tax evasion after using $5.2 million of his private equity fund's money to pay personal expenses and causing a criminal tax loss of nearly $2.2 million, federal prosecutors said.
Top Federal Tax Decisions Of 2025
Over the past year, federal courts have issued decisions that extended the deadline for challenging tax bills in the U.S. Tax Court, allowed the IRS to pursue a woman's decades-old tax debt caused by her return preparer and lifted a $1 million reporting penalty because a jury didn't sign off. Here, Law360 reviews some of the most significant federal tax decisions of 2025.
Top Federal Tax Policies Of 2025
The first year of President Donald Trump's second term brought the passage of this summer's budget reconciliation bill, which renewed major parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and major staffing changes at the Internal Revenue Service. Here, Law360 looks at the most consequential developments in federal tax policy in 2025.
IRS Relaxes Carbon Capture Credit's Environmental Reporting
The Internal Revenue Service released guidance Friday easing the carbon capture tax credit's environmental reporting requirements, taking effect by the end of the year, for energy systems that permanently secure the emissions in geological locations, such as deep underground rock formations.
Top Federal Tax Decisions Of 2025
Over the past year, federal courts have issued decisions that extended the deadline for challenging tax bills in the U.S. Tax Court, allowed the IRS to pursue a woman's decades-old tax debt caused by her return preparer and lifted a $1 million reporting penalty because a jury didn't sign off. Here, Law360 reviews some of the most significant federal tax decisions of 2025.
Top Federal Tax Policies Of 2025
The first year of President Donald Trump's second term brought the passage of this summer's budget reconciliation bill, which renewed major parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and major staffing changes at the Internal Revenue Service. Here, Law360 looks at the most consequential developments in federal tax policy in 2025.
IRS Relaxes Carbon Capture Credit's Environmental Reporting
The Internal Revenue Service released guidance Friday easing the carbon capture tax credit's environmental reporting requirements, taking effect by the end of the year, for energy systems that permanently secure the emissions in geological locations, such as deep underground rock formations.
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Guns, Taxes & Labor: Cannabis Litigation Trends To Watch
In 2026, courts throughout the U.S. will consider cases weighing Second Amendment rights of cannabis users, a punitive federal tax policy that affects state-legal marijuana businesses, labor peace requirements in the cannabis space, and whether a constitutional doctrine bars states from preferencing their residents in doling out marijuana licenses.
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Federal Tax Policy To Watch In 2026
Changes to federal tax policy are relatively uncommon in midterm election years as lawmakers, many of whom prioritize political positioning over major tax overhauls, show little appetite for sweeping legislation or even narrower fixes that could attract bipartisan support. Here, Law360 examines federal tax policy to watch in 2026.
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Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In 2026
The application of self-employment taxes to limited partners, the economic substance doctrine's threshold and the question of whether Internal Revenue Service penalties need a jury's deliberation are topics federal courts likely will examine in coming decisions. Here, Law360 reviews the top federal tax cases to watch in the coming year.
Expert Analysis
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5 Tariff And Trade Developments To Watch In 2026
A new trade landscape emerged in 2025, the contours of which will be further defined by developments that will merit close attention this year, including a key ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court and a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, says Ted Posner at Baker Botts.
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4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.
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How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement
As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.
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How OECD Tax Update Tackles Mobile Workforce Complexity
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recently updated model tax convention — a recalibration of international tax principles in response to an increasingly mobile workforce — should prompt companies to reevaluate cross-border operations, transfer pricing policies and tax controversy strategies, say attorneys at Eversheds.
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A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court
To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.
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Nonprofits Face Uncertainty Over Political Activity Rules
Two federal court decisions suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service's rules for 501(c)(4) organizations' political activity may be too vague to survive constitutional scrutiny leave nonprofit organizations caught between constitutional limits on government regulation of speech and tax limits on their exempt status, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk
While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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Tariffs And Trade Volatility Drove 2025 Bankruptcy Wave
The Trump administration's tariff regime has reshaped the commercial restructuring landscape this year, with an increased number of bankruptcy filings showing how tariffs are influencing first‑day narratives, debtor-in-possession terms and case strategies, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails
Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Getting The Message Across
Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond.
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Horizontal Stare Decisis Should Not Be Casually Discarded
Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns.
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10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry
Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.
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A Close Look At The Evolving Interval Fund Space
Interval funds — closed-end registered investment companies that make periodic repurchase offers — have recently moved to the center of the conversation about retail access to private markets, spurred along by President Donald Trump's August executive order incorporating alternative assets into 401(k) plans and target date strategies, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.