A federal judge in the District of Columbia vacated IRS Notice 2025-42, which defined when wind and solar projects must begin construction to qualify for expiring tax credits, ruling the agency’s guidance was arbitrary and capricious.
OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL et al v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE et al
Mehrdad Tabrizi, sole owner of two Southern California medical businesses, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after using shuttered companies to steal more than $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds.
Owner of California Medical Companies Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than $1 Million in Pandemic Relief Funds
A $1.776 billion fund to redress claims of government weaponization was established by the Justice Department as part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service.
Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund
A Brooklyn tax preparer was sentenced Friday to 36 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that fraudulently claimed more than $600 million in COVID-19-related employment tax credits.
Brooklyn Woman Sentenced in $600 Million Covid Tax Credit Scheme
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act complaint, ruling that statistical probabilities cannot substitute for specific allegations of false claims and that bare conclusions about materiality are insufficient.
USA ex rel. Prechelle Shannon v. BHG Holdings, LLC
A New Mexico federal judge refused to let Bam! Pizza Management pause a class action over vehicle expense reimbursements while it appeals a ruling that the FLSA requires employers to cover drivers' actual costs — not a rough estimate.
West v. Bam! Pizza Management, Inc. et al
A former personal assistant says her boss stranded her in Tanzania after she refused his sexual advances, then fired her when she came home.
Ochab v. Ray
3:25-md-03149 In Re PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., and PowerSchool Group, LLC Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture action targeting a Beverly Hills mansion it says was purchased and renovated with proceeds from a scheme to defraud the Pentagon and bribe a senior Kurdish military official.
Justice Department Seeks to Forfeit Beverly Hills Mansion Purchased with Proceeds of Scheme to Defraud U.S. Military and Bribe an Iraqi Official
The Seventh Circuit vacated a Tax Court decision regarding Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s loyalty program, holding that the court failed to properly apply the "claim of right" doctrine when determining whether funds contributed to the...
Hyatt Hotels Corporation & Subsidiaries v. CIR
A federal grand jury has charged the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, alleging the civil-rights nonprofit secretly funneled more than...
Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
The Justice Department unsealed indictments against a Georgia man and a UK-Nigeria resident, charging them with orchestrating a five-year scheme to defraud the IRS of more than $100 million by filing over 300 false tax returns using...
A North Carolina federal court has ruled that a statutory provision governing federal law enforcement hiring ages operates as a statutory carve-out from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, meaning agencies need not separately...
COX v. US TREASURY/ IRS
A federal judge in Maryland denied motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the IRS and Booz Allen Hamilton, ruling that the government contractor’s employee may qualify as a federal employee under the common-law "control test"...
Safe Harbor International LLC v. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied Silverlud, Inc.’s motion to dismiss an employment lawsuit alleging tip credit violations and the issuance of false tax returns.
Stratton v. Silverlud, Inc.
The justices pressed both sides hard on whether the Fifth Amendment requires fair market value — not just auction proceeds — when a county seizes a home over a small tax debt.
Pung v. Isabella County