Tax Court Says Cannabis Co. Can’t Deduct $13.3M

A California medical cannabis dispensary’s arguments that the Controlled Substances Act and part of the Internal Revenue Code were unconstitutional failed to sway the U.S. Tax Court, which on Monday affirmed an IRS determination disallowing over $13.3 million in...

Ga. Atty Admits To Role In $1.3B Tax Shelter Scheme

A Georgia attorney has pled guilty in federal court related to helping orchestrate a $1.3 billion tax scheme involving fraudulent conservation easements, making him the 12th person convicted over the plot, including another attorney who was handed a 23-year prison...

MVP: Paul Weiss’ Brian Krause

Brian Krause of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s tax practice designed a novel tax approach for the merger of World Wrestling Entertainment and Ultimate Fighting Championship, raced to create a tax-free deal in the final days of a Texas...