Nicholas Datlowe

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.

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.

4 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Tonya Riley |Kartikay Mehrotra |Nicholas Datlowe

A federal judge struck down Ohio’s law limiting teen social media use, marking another court win for the tech industry group NetChoice fighting similar restrictions nationwide. Judge Algenon L. Marbley granted a permanent injunction against the Social Media Parental Notification Act in a Wednesday decision for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The law required platforms to verify whether its users are at least 16 and demanded parental consent for younger users.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Laura Francis |Nicholas Datlowe

A long-running dispute between professional players’ unions and Pittsburgh over a tax on visiting athletes gives the Pennsylvania Supreme Court an opportunity to more clearly define a state constitutional requirement that taxes be applied uniformly. Pittsburgh will ask the high court at oral arguments Thursday to overturn a 6-1 state appeals court opinion striking down the city’s 3% facilities fee for violating that provision.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Nicholas Datlowe

March 24, 2025, 4:30 PM UTCCorporate Transparency Act Suit Paused for Briefing on New RuleA new rule that narrows the scope of the Corporate Transparency Act to exclude domestic entities from its reporting requirement require a pause in the case and additional briefing about the rule’s impact. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered both the Treasury Department and the plaintiffs in Texas Top Cop Shop v.