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FinCEN Issues Guidance On Currency Transaction Reporting For Businesses With Common Ownership

On March 16, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the United States Department of the Treasury issued a Guidance regarding when financial institutions should aggregate multiple transactions conducted […]

Rise in Consumer Litigation Challenging Advertising and Labeling Claims

Food and dietary supplement manufacturers should be cautioned about the recent rise in consumer litigation. Over the past several years, there has been a noticeable increase in lawsuits by consumers […]

Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction for Tax Offenses

On March 8, 2012, Judge Fisher for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion in the case of United States of America v. Lawrence Murray […]

FDA Releases Factors for Determining High-Risk Status for Domestic Food Facilities

As we previously reported, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) created many new obligations for both U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the food industry. One such obligation […]

FinCEN Issues Advisory To Financial Institutions Regarding SAR Confidentiality

On March 2, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued an advisory to counsel of financial institutions advising them of the requirement […]

Update: Court Rules that FDA’s Graphic Smoking Warning Labels Violate First Amendment

On February 29, 2012, Judge Richard Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an Order finding that the FDAs new graphic cigarette warning labels […]

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding “Act of Production” Doctrine Has Implication for Bank Secrecy Act and Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) Cases

On February 23, 2012, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida holding in contempt the target of […]

Department of Justice Prosecutes for Failure to Remit Employment Taxes Collected From Employees

On December 7, 2011, Louis Alba pled guilty to criminal tax charges (Internal Revenue Code section 7202) for failing to remit to the IRS employment taxes (FICA and/or FUTA) withheld […]

The Supreme Court Adds Tax Crimes under IRC §7206 to the List of Aggravated Felonies Requiring Deportation of an Offending Alien

On February 21, 2012, in Kawashima v. Holder, the Supreme Court affirmed the deportation of Mr. Kawashima, who pleaded guilty to one count of “willfully making and subscribing a false […]

Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III of Fuerst Ittleman petitions the Supreme Court of the United States for a Writ of Certiorari

On February 22, 2012, Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, Esq., CPA, a senior tax associate at Fuerst Ittleman, filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court […]