Law and legal issues

The administration is hardening its legal position toward the Affordable Care Act, arguing now the entire law is unconstitutional.

Faced with a U.S. indictment, the British tech leader had a simple choice: Focus on the criminal trial—with a possible sentence of 20 years in prison—or fight a civil lawsuit first over accounting fraud.

Two firms barred; very differently abled; pain in the neck; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In a case involving treaty rights versus state taxation, the justices narrowly decided in favor of tribal members.

A looming Swiss Supreme Court ruling could add to the bank's woes.

The company will beef up its sexual-harassment policies to settle a lawsuit alleging founder John Hewitt routinely had sex in his office.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has settled with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for $335 million over its audits of Colonial Bank, which failed in the midst of the financial crisis.

This will hurt a bit; death and taxes; millions in income, decades of not filing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court recently ruled against a married couple that tried to garnish the salary of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay their tax bills.

Like-kind exchanges can vary greatly in their complexity. Basic transactions may require little mental horsepower to conduct, but some can be extremely tricky.

Olympus Corp. lost a U.K. lawsuit that tried to block the pension of former head Michael Woodford after he blew the whistle on an alleged $1.7 billion accounting fraud and 13-year cover-up at the firm.

Teemco player; reverse that merger!; ATM gamble doesn’t pay off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has given the IRS a victory in its quest to charge fees.

In a 7-2 decision, the justices held that a railroad’s payment to an employee for working time lost due to an on-the-job injury is taxable compensation.

The widow of Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerry Cotten spent C$300,000 ($225,000) to help the shuttered cryptocurrency exchange secure court-approved protection from creditors, keeping clients owed millions at bay. Now she’s looking to be repaid.

Execs in a new BDO survey don’t see the economy staying strong beyond two years.

By setting a $10,000 cap on how much Americans can deduct in state and local taxes Washington created a pricey problem for the privileged in some parts of the country. But even before the law, there were rich people in blue states trying this strategy. Here are a few of the more colorful examples of litigation between wealthy residents who claimed to have moved and jilted states that didn’t quite believe them.

Underfoot and underhanded; hysterical hysterectomy; no way to get a head; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

$3 million in phony refunds; caretaker cares for own coffers; ‘serial fraud;’ and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The justices sided with a man trying to keep his Land Rover after he pleaded guilty to selling drugs.