Law and legal issues

An EY tax partner says she was sexually harassed by colleagues, including one who groped her in front of other employees at the Walt Disney World Resort.

The litigation reached unprecedented heights last year, although the total settlement value declined significantly, according to a new report.

States and traditional retailers are asking the justices to overturn a 26-year-old ruling that exempts many internet merchants.

Off by $7 million; iPads and custom sofas; PEO rip-off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Oral arguments in the biggest U.S. Supreme Court tax case in years are just days away.

The former company insider first submitted the tip to another agency, but provided the same information to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days.

The institute also recommends a congressional mandate for preparer testing and CPE.

All in the family; end of a Dream; more flags in Maryland; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services recently provided a cautionary example for internet companies that don't collect taxes.

Andersen Tax has been spreading its network of tax and legal services firms across the world after settling a legal dispute last year with a French firm that had laid claim to the Arthur Andersen name.

Facebook Inc. must allow a U.S. judge to inspect documents it has avoided showing the Internal Revenue Service as part of an investigation into the company’s use of an Irish subsidiary for tax purposes.

From the oven to the money market; 38 phony checks in a day; software firm scheme crashes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A Supreme Court ruling frees taxpayers from the worry of ‘felonizing’ their return, experts say.

Stopped for Speedy; hitting the Breaks; Interior motive; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The high court, in a 7 to 2 decision, ruled in favor of a business owner who didn't file taxes and destroyed some of his banking records, finding the omnibus obstruction clause in the Tax Code was overly broad.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a Colorado cannabis business that refused to cooperate with an Internal Revenue Service audit and turn over business records.

The wrong partner dynamics can torpedo (or at least slow down) a deal.

A Tax Court case parses the rules behind whether a C corp can deduct mortgage payments.

The biggest-ever payouts went to tipsters who provided information that helped the agency bring a 2016 case against Bank of America.

A lawsuit accuses PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of illegally favoring younger job seekers