On May 1, 2012, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field […]
On May 1, 2012, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the South District of Florida reported that a IRS and FBI undercover operation targeting identity theft tax refund fraud had resulted […]
On May 2, 2012, Circuit Judge Aldisert, in writing for a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case of United States v. James […]
As banking and payment processing technology continually evolve, so too does the threat that such technology may be used for illicit and illegal purposes, such as money laundering. One such […]
As we previously reported here, in August of 2011 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Advocate Service released Taxpayer Advocate Directive 2011-1 (TAD) which addressed the IRSs failure to treat […]
On April 19, 2012, the Third Circuit in the case of United States of America v. Zarra, case no. 11-3622, affirmed the decision of the District Court granting summary judgment […]
On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) issued a Draft Guidance for Industry entitled “Guidance for Industry: Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products” […]
On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Draft Guidance addressing the use of nanotechnology by manufacturers of food ingredients, manufacturers of food contact substances, and […]
On April 4, 2012, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), authors of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”), wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare and […]
On April 16, 2012, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Richmond, Virginia affirmed the decision of the Tax Court denying the motion to intervene filed by the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (“GVI”) in McHenry v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, case nos. 11-1239, 11-1366.
