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January 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Credit Agreements, the New Tax Act and the Deemed Dividend

Secured Transactions columnist Barbara M. Goodstein writes: I'm happy that tax issues usually don't play a major role in most plain vanilla syndicated secured lending facilities. One area, however, that we finance lawyers have had to contend with, even in plain vanilla syndicated loan facilities, is §956 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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January 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

Meet the Cleary Gottlieb Partner Who Lobbied for Big Banks on Tax Reform

During a Cleary Gottlieb webinar on Dec. 20, James Duncan began his remarks with a word of caution: “One phenomenon that I would like to avoid is we have to remember that taxes are not the center of the universe,” he said. Lobbying records show Duncan was an advocate recently for Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.
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December 20, 2017 | National Law Journal

How the Tax Bill Confronts Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

"I think most Americans would be outraged to know that they are subsidizing sexual predators in the tax code,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, told the New York Times.
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December 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Aggressive Tax Planning Backfires in NYC Installment Sale Case

Tax Appeals Tribunal columnist Joseph Lipari discusses '1018 Morris Park Avenue Realty', in which the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled that a corporation must recognize all gain derived from an installment sale in the year in which the corporation ceased doing business in the City.
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July 07, 2017 | The Recorder

6 Ways California Can Entice Banks to Serve Marijuana Clients

Two bankers suggest to the California treasurer's Cannabis Working Group six things the state can do to entice banks to accept marijuana businesses and ease concerns about federal regulators.
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June 20, 2017 | National Law Journal

US Chamber Renews Criticism of IRS 'Outsourcing' Audits to Law Firms

The U.S. Chamber is seizing on the Trump administration's review of tax regulations in urging the IRS to rescind its authority to retain outside counsel for audits. The agency's contract with Quinn Emanuel several years ago, to examine Microsoft, drew criticism.
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May 22, 2017 |

Skadden Loses a Tax Dispute, and Jenner Wins Fee Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered multimillion-dollar good news and bad news to two major law firms. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lost its challenge to a tax refund in Michigan. Jenner & Block prevailed in a fee dispute that involved a former client. Here's a snapshot of the two cases.
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May 22, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

Skadden Loses a Tax Dispute, and Jenner Wins Fee Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered multimillion-dollar good news and bad news to two major law firms. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lost its challenge to a tax refund in Michigan. Jenner & Block prevailed in a fee dispute that involved a former client. Here's a snapshot of the two cases.
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March 07, 2017 |

Proceed With Caution: 2017 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Scams

The "Dirty Dozen" American film released by MGM in 1967 depicts wartime law breaking, theft and ­impersonation, but today we are talking about the IRS's "Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2017" list, which depicts law breaking, theft and impersonation issues that are ­putting taxpayers at risk.
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February 21, 2017 |

Regulations Address Partner Reimbursements

In their Taxation column, Ezra Dyckman and Daniel W. Stahl discuss new treasury regulations that were issued on Oct. 5, 2016 which provide that the amount that can be distributed to a partner as a tax-free reimbursement of capital expenditures is limited to the partner's share of the qualified liability.
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