Law and legal issues

A surprise ruling in an ERISA case reverses earlier courts.

A repeat offender gambles, then loses; targeting the homeless; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court has ruled that the owners of the Boston Bruins professional hockey team may deduct the entire cost of away game pregame meals as a de minimis fringe benefit.

The French company that claims to hold the trademarks of the former Big Five accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. sent Accounting Today a copy Friday of the lawsuit it filed against Andersen Tax over the rights to the Andersen brand, alleging the use of forged documents and an attempt to obtain court rulings using forgeries.

Stolen names and SSNs; ‘substantial’ fees in a $1.1 million scheme; Canadian conspiracy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court rules that a corporation doesn’t qualify as an ‘individual’ when it comes to tax troubles.

Bogus gifts, job expenses; ‘varying fees’ for fraud; Crazy skin game; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The French firm that has taken the Arthur Andersen & Co. name is suing Andersen Tax LLC, accusing it of forgery and other crimes, as the battle over the Andersen name heats up.

Google should be let off the hook from a 1.12 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) tax recovery order in France even though fiscal authorities in the country are seeking to recoup that amount, according to an adviser at the Paris administrative court.

A recent ruling by the Tax Court might help soften the blow to employers confronted with income tax liability for workers that have been reclassified as employees.

A recent Tax Court opinion favored a Los Angeles County tax assessor’s valuation of rental property improvements over the property owner’s own appraisal.

Cigars and nose jobs; ‘training’ to manipulate numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court put sharp new limits on a favorite tool used by securities regulators to recoup money from people found to have violated federal laws.

Deep trouble for Deepwater scam; $6K in false HSH income; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Andersen Tax has notched another win in its legal battle against a French rival that announced this year it had reconstituted the Arthur Andersen network with offices opening around the world.

The ruling rejects the ‘software defense’ for deduction errors.

More than $1 million bilked in state taxes; dead wrongs; life goes on (trial); and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A federal court in Minneapolis has found Wells Fargo liable for a 20 percent negligence penalty for participating in a tax shelter sold by Barclays Bank that generated $350 million in foreign tax credits.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question a Michigan tax change that companies including IBM Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co. say will hit them retroactively with a $1 billion bill.

The Tax Court decided in favor of the Internal Revenue Service in a case involving a tax return in which a couple filed jointly, but one of the spouses was battling mental illness and didn't sign the return.