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Tax Shelter Salesman Can't Stop IRS From Looking Into Wife's Assets
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
James Haber and his tax shelter boutique, Diversified Group Inc, were fined $25 million by the Internal Revenue Service for their alleged failure to register...
2nd Cir. Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Parity Case Against Anthem
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an ERISA discrimination suit against health insurers Anthem on the grounds that the latter...
2nd Cir. Refuses to Re-Open Arab Bank Terrorism Suit
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
Controversy aside, jurists will have to live with the fact that precedent does not allow a re-hearing of the Arab Bank suit which ruled against victims of...
Tom Brady Must Be Punished for Deflategate, Says 2nd Circuit
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The Second Circuit's Court of Appeals weighed in on the Deflategate controversy and decided that a reinstatement of a four-game suspension against Tom Brady...
New York Can Require In-State Offices for Nonresident Attorneys
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Want to represent New Yorkers while keeping your only law office in Connecticut or New Jersey? Fuhgeddaboutit! The Second Circuit has upheld New York's law...
Employees Who Aided Madoff Will Remain in Jail, 2nd Cir. Rules
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Second Circuit upheld the conviction of five former employees for Bernie Madoff this week. In a summary order issued Wednesday, the court rejected...