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Justices to consider Bank Secrecy Act penalties for failure to report foreign bank accounts
The argument Wednesday in Bittner v. United States presents a routine interpretative problem. Specifically, for a citizen who owns numerous foreign bank accounts, whether the failure to file an FBAR (the federal form that describes the foreign bank accoun
By IG
Nov 1, 2022
Trump asks court to block House committee from obtaining his tax returns
Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block the disclosure of his federal income tax returns to a congressional committee. Without the court’s intervention, the House Committee on Ways and Means is poised to obtain six years o
By IG
Nov 1, 2022
A guide to the amicus briefs in the affirmative-action cases
Nearly 100 amicus briefs were filed in Students for Fair Admissions v. the University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, the cases questioning the use of affirmative action in undergraduate ad
By IG
Oct 31, 2022
Burned Out By Law Firm Life? How To Tap Into The Gig Economy For Lawyers.
The gig economy has seen an influx of growth in the past few years, and the legal profession is not immune to this shift. The post Burned Out By Law Firm Life? How To Tap Into The Gig Economy For Lawyers. appeared first on Above the Law.
By IG
Oct 30, 2022