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Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 3 years ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
New Jersey Tax Court Concluded SMLLC’s Share of Partnership Loss Not Business Loss
The New Jersey Tax Court ruled that an individual owner of a single-member limited liability company (“SMLLC”) correctly reported his distributive share of partnership income reported by the SMLCC. The SMLLC owned a 50% interest in a partnership that...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 3 years ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Profits or Salary? New Jersey Tax Court Determines Distributions Are Dividends, Not Compensation for Services
The New Jersey Tax Court held that distributions made to a corporation’s two shareholders constituted dividends, and rejected the corporation’s argument that the distributions should be treated as compensation for managerial services that could be deducted...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 4 years ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Louisiana Residents Entitled to Claim Credit for Texas Franchise Tax Paid by Pass-Through Entities
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that residents who owned an S corporation and limited liability company were entitled to a credit against their Louisiana income tax liability for Texas franchise tax paid by the pass-through entities. In so holding,...
James Cordrey
over 9 years ago
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Law Blog
Dewey & LeBoeuf Finance Director Says Adjustments Were Made To ‘Deceive’
NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) Francis Canellas, the former director of finance for bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, entered a plea agreement with the New York County district attorney today admitting that he, under the direction of firm chairman...
Thomas O. Gorman
over 9 years ago
Securities
Securities Law Blog
SEC Prevails in Tenth Circuit in Challenge to Partnership
The SEC prevailed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, securing a reversal of the district court’s order granting a motion to dismiss its complaint. The central issue in the case was if instruments which claimed to be partnership interests and...
Patricia Hughes Mills, J.D., L.L.M.
over 9 years ago
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law Blog
Real Property and Like-Kind Exchange Nonrecognition Treatment
By Patricia Hughes Mills J.D. LL.M. Planning elements tied to like-kind exchange transactions are critical to nonrecognition qualifications that turn on why the parties have held their respective properties and a host of other elements. IRC Section...
Kevin M. LaCroix
over 9 years ago
Corporate
News Headlines
Management Liability Insurance for Law Firms and the Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy
The collapse of the venerable Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm is a cautionary tale from which observers have drawn many lessons, including cautions about the perils associated with large law firm mergers and the challenges associated with various forms of...
Asbury Law Firm
over 11 years ago
Tax Law
Federal Taxation
Tax Court: Premature FPAA on Computational Items Invalid, Jurisdiction Denied
There are few areas of the tax code as complex and potentially confusing as the rules for TEFRA partnership proceedings. Even the most steely-eyed tax pros wince at the details. Nonetheless, TEFRA is at the heart of many of the transactions that the IRS...
Corporate and Securities Law Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Corporate
Corporate Law Blog
LexisNexis Corporate and Commercial Insights: Goggin, In Re Cencom, and Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr.
On this episode of the LexisNexis Corporate & Commercial Insights, Steve Berstler speaks to Francis G.X. Pileggi, Member-in-Charge, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE, about the impact of the Goggin decision on annual shareholder...
Kevin M. LaCroix
over 9 years ago
Corporate
Corporate Law Blog
Management Liability Insurance for Law Firms and the Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy
The collapse of the venerable Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm is a cautionary tale from which observers have drawn many lessons, including cautions about the perils associated with large law firm mergers and the challenges associated with various forms of...
Kevin M. LaCroix
over 9 years ago
Corporate
Corporate Law Blog
Thinking About the Dewey & LeBeouf Criminal Indictment and Law Firm Management Liability Insurance
The indictment last week of the top officials from the collapsed Dewey & LeBouef law firm is merely the latest development in the long-running sequence of events following the law firm’s demise. The indictment (and the accompanying SEC enforcement...
Mack Sperling
over 10 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
When Law Firms Dissolve: Dividing Up The Proceeds From Contingent Fee Cases
The Court of Appeals in February 2011 ordered Judge Jolly to dissolve Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman, a law firm organized as a member-managed professional limited liability company. The dissolution was ordered per N.C....
David N. Feldman
over 10 years ago
Corporate
Business Law Blog
Entrepreneur's Tip of the Week: Solo or Partners?
Many entrepreneurs start businesses on their own, and many do so with one or more partners. In some cases multiple folks develop a business idea together and so it is difficult to suggest that some should not be partners. But other times a new person...
Asbury Law Firm
over 11 years ago
Tax Law
Tax Policy Blog
Tax Court: Premature FPAA on Computational Items Invalid, Jurisdiction Denied
There are few areas of the tax code as complex and potentially confusing as the rules for TEFRA partnership proceedings. Even the most steely-eyed tax pros wince at the details. Nonetheless, TEFRA is at the heart of many of the transactions that the IRS...