Lawsuits

The case has applicability to all administrative agencies, including the IRS, and their ability to issue authoritative regulations and guidance.

The president’s personal lawyers told the court it must reverse a judge’s ruling allowing the House Oversight and Reform Committee to subpoena financial records from his accounting firm.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. head Meg Whitman was accused of "trashing" the reputation of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch without understanding whether fraud had been committed at the firm he sold for $11 billion.

A second court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.

The president and the Trump Organization have asked a U.S. judge to reject a Congressional subpoena seeking business records from his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA LLP.

There were fewer total settlements in 2018, but the dollar figures involved increased more than fivefold.

Less than two months after leaving prison, the former Enron CEO settled a lawsuit claiming he helped defraud a Canadian investment firm.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The bank won a court bid to see how much money its rivals paid under a one-time U.K. banker bonus tax that was levied amid public anger.

Tax prep franchise Happy Tax has filed a lawsuit against H&R Block in a federal district court in New York, accusing the tax prep chain of false advertising.

A private bank under investigation in Germany over a series of controversial tax deals has opened a new legal front.

Michael Lynch, the former chief executive officer of Autonomy Corp., stepped down Friday as an adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May after he was charged with fraud by the U.S.

More than 1,100 women are seeking class-action certification in a lawsuit against the Big Four firm.

Former pro basketball player Kevin Garnett has filed suit against his former accountant for $77 million after he was defrauded by a wealth manager who worked with the CPA.

Exxon Mobil Corp. must face a lawsuit by investors who blamed a drop in the company’s shares on the disclosure that regulators were scrutinizing its reserve accounting related to climate change.