Law and legal issues

Under Development; lack of security; CI at work; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Jimmy Haslam contends Pilot Travel execs have changed quarterly-earning accounting methods in a way that will cut the value of his holdings by $1.2 billion.

Amazon said the ruling confirms that it "followed all applicable laws and received no special treatment."

Bartov testified that he "did not find any evidence of material misstatement" in the former president's financial statements and "no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud."

Sellers cannot protect themselves from a buyer's bankruptcy or if the buyer just stops making payments.

The Internal Revenue Service's Independent Office of Appeals hopes to improve both service and the experience of its workforce.

A world view; muscle head; in the hunt; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Key justices suggested the tax, which aimed to collect hundreds of billions of dollars on a one-time basis, wasn't fundamentally different from other levies imposed by Congress over the years.

A case over repatriated earnings might open up the possibility of taxing unrealized gains.

The case coming before the Supreme Court stems from a 2017 tax law provision that aimed to tax earnings held overseas by big multinational companies.

A dim bulb; morally bankrupt; 1st to jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The case involves a former hedge fund manager whom the SEC accused of misleading investors.

Shell of a way to work; RICO rip-off; fun with refunds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Alongside their public reports, Carson Block and Nate Anderson are quietly sharing research about sketchy accounting and other misdeeds with the commission's whistleblower office.

The fallout from a CPA exam cheating from last year continues down to the state level.

Wire happy; defense rests; re-model behavior; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Gainful employment; waste not; Mr. Plow; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

"The accountants worked on it," the eldest son of former president Donald Trump testified in a Manhattan courtroom. "That's what we paid them for."

Internal auditors have found hundreds of referrals from other lawyers for Camp Lejeune and other cases were bogus, often based on doctored medical records and fictional reports of illness.

Meating their fate; write-off rip-off; a dent in his plans; and other highlights of recent tax cases.