On February 9, 2011, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a consolidated appeal in Daniel Burks, as Tax Matters Partner for Key Harbor Investment Partners v. United States.
On February 16, 2011, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a guidance document (available here) “to remind U.S. financial institutions of their requirement to apply enhanced scrutiny for private […]
On February 8, 2011, the IRS issued an announcement entitled: “Second Special Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Opens; Those Hiding Assets Offshore Face Aug. 31 Deadline” via IR-2001-14, available here.
On January 26, 2011, Florida’s Fourth DCA entered its opinion in Baker v. Storfer, and ruled that the definition of “salary or wages” as used in Florida Statute section 77.035 includes “commissions.” The matter was a case of first impression in the State of Florida.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released a draft policy document detailing its intentions to increase aquaculture domestically. The cultivation of sea-life in selected environments, a process known […]
Recently, medical device manufacturers have been shifting their operations overseas in an effort to speed up the approval process. More relaxed regulatory oversight abroad has led some of these companies to make the move to Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announced in the Federal Register on February 9, 2011 that its report entitled “Medical Device Innovation Initiative” is available for public comment. This report proposes potential actions to be taken by the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to facility the development, assessment, and regulator review of innovative medical devices.
The FDA has released “criteria” it developed for consideration of which cases would be appropriate for misdemeanor criminal prosecution under the Park Doctrine, named after a Supreme Court case called United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658 (1975).
Recently, the Swiss government, pursuant to a seldom used Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, (“MLAT”) have requested that the United States Attorneys’ Office in Miami issue subpoenas in regard to a pending Swiss criminal investigation of a Miami businessman suspected of defrauding lenders in Switzerland of over $220 million. The Swiss government alleges that the Miami businessman and others created false financial statements showing that their company was in far better financial shape than was the reality.
On January 3, 2011, the Tax Court in Historic Boardwalk Hall, LLC, et al. v. Comm’r, 136 T.C. No. 1, disagreed with the IRS and held that The limited liability […]
