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A Massachusetts federal judge has barred the U.S. government from collecting a new $100,000 fee from employers hiring new workers under the H-1B visa program. The ruling is a defeat for President Donald Trump, who announced the fee in September of 2025. Trump claims the fee is necessary…
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The United States Postal Service has proposed new rules that would bar the agency from processing mail-in or absentee ballots from voters who were not on a new state-specific list of voters eligible to receive the ballots. States would be required to provide the…
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A federal judge who was not publicly named but was privately reprimanded by the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit is accused of repeatedly having sex in chambers with a high-ranking law enforcement officer. The disciplinary decision describes an investigation that included forensic testing of a couch cushion in…
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A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s advisors and staff to retain certain presidential and vice presidential records in compliance with the 1978 Presidential Records Act (PRA). In a preliminary injunction, the judge ordered most White House staff and President Trump’s top advisers to preserve presidential and vice presidential…
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After hearing three weeks of testimony, it took a jury two hours to find Elon Musk waited too long before suing OpenAI over its transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit business. Musk claims OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lied to him when accepting a $38 million donation to the…
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Thirteen states levy estate taxes, and five have inheritance taxes. FindLaw looks at which states have the tax and when they are collected.
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Lawyers often push hard in negotiations, but there are limits to how far zealous representation can go. A California attorney who told an Uber lawyer he “sounded like a pedophile” and compared him to a rapist during a meet‑and‑confer apparently crossed that line. Under a stipulation filed in…
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FindLaw examines and explains tax situations often faced by high-wealth seniors that usually require a tax attorney to resolve.
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FindLaw explains the IRS notice of unreported income, known as a CP2000 Notice, and the options available to taxpayers who receive it.
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FindLaw examines and explains the key differences between tax evasion and tax fraud, including civil vs. criminal penalties, and what the IRS considers intentional violations.
