Laura D. Francis
Team Leader at Bloomberg Law
Team Leader at Bloomberg Industry Group
Team Lead @BBGIndustry/@BLaw focused on litigation coverage. Disney-obsessed swim and soccer mom. Tweets my own, RTs ≠ endorsements.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Laura D. Francis |Nicholas Datlowe
A panel of appeals court judges expressed skepticism Tuesday toward Bank of America Corp.‘s bid to recoup $167 million from the IRS that Merrill Lynch overpaid in taxes before the two companies’ 2013 merger.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court should use a dispute over a Georgia tax on strip clubs to clarify its First Amendment jurisprudence on what makes a law content-based versus content-neutral, groups backing opponents of the tax told the justices Wednesday. The amicus briefs support the Georgia Association of Club Executives, which asked the justices to overturn a 2024 Georgia Supreme Court ruling that the tax doesn’t violate the right to free speech.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court should use a dispute over a Georgia tax on strip clubs to clarify its First Amendment jurisprudence on what makes a law content-based versus content-neutral, groups backing opponents of the tax told the justices Wednesday. The amicus briefs support the Georgia Association of Club Executives, which asked the justices to overturn a 2024 Georgia Supreme Court ruling that the tax doesn’t violate the right to free speech.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Laura D. Francis |Nicholas Datlowe
A case before the US Supreme Court this week over the reaches of the US Tax Court’s jurisdiction pits taxpayer due process rights against the practical needs of the federal government. The high court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Jennifer Zuch, who says she was deprived of an opportunity to contest what she believed was an improper levy when the IRS applied a tax refund toward a prior debt and the Tax Court dismissed her challenge as moot.
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1 month ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Laura D. Francis |Brian Flood
The IRS’ agreement to share undocumented immigrants’ data with the Department of Homeland Security has the potential to broaden an exception to a ban on disclosing taxpayers’ sensitive personal information.
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The new #SCOTUS test for 10(j) injunctions doesn't just make it harder for the NLRB to get them--it also opens the door for employers to access evidence they can use to defend themselves in the underlying administrative proceedings. From @robertiafolla: https://t.co/cvuQVhhHhK
Legislation that would bar student athletes from being considered employees by virtue of their participation in college sports advanced in a House committee yesterday on a party-line vote. Read more from @lilah_burke and @parker_purifoy: https://t.co/kW07tKF1UT
RT @MrSethHarris: I had a fascinating conversation with @jacobin's @alexnpress and @BLaw's @robertiafolla in a brand-new @PowerAtWorkBlog b…