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Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For $20M Fraud</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314318?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314318</guid> <description>A Miami-area tax preparer was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Friday after admitting to filing thousands of individual tax returns wrongly claiming energy credits, resulting in a $20 million loss for the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:39:38 +0000</pubDate> <title>Hail Deductible Applicable In Colo. 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Judge Dismisses $217M Dam Repair Tax Challenge</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313754</guid> <description>A Michigan federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits alleging a $217 million special assessment to fund the reconstruction of dams destroyed in 2020 floods was unfairly levied on certain properties, finding homeowners had the opportunity to oppose the assessment and litigate their claims in state court.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:08:39 +0000</pubDate> <title>3rd Circ. Takes On NJ Judicial Privacy Law's Constitutionality</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313993?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313993</guid> <description>The Third Circuit has granted requests by several data brokers to review a lower court judge's ruling that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure, known as Daniel's Law, is constitutional.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:04:31 +0000</pubDate> <title>We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313776</guid> <description>As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:40:13 +0000</pubDate> <title>Md. Nonprofit's Property Used As Home Isn't Exempt</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314198?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314198</guid> <description>A Maryland property owned by a nonprofit isn't exempt from property tax, because it's used as the founder's home and not mainly for charitable purposes, the state tax court affirmed. </description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate> <title>Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Paul Weiss, Cooley</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2314163</guid> <description>In this week's Taxation With Representation, Google acquires Wiz, QXO Inc. acquires Beacon Roofing Supply, and the Boston Celtics are bought by a group led by private equity firm co-founder William Chisholm.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:46:23 +0000</pubDate> <title>UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313953?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313953</guid> <description>This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. 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State Court</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313654</guid> <description>The Eleventh Circuit has dismissed the appeal of a Canadian citizen trying to compel arbitration and keep in federal court the suit accusing him of defrauding foreign investors, saying it doesn't have jurisdiction to review the order sending the case back to Florida state court.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:11:40 +0000</pubDate> <title>Feds Ask High Court To Nix Mich. Tribal Land Trust Row</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313391?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313391</guid> <description>A Michigan tribe's analysis of a law governing the state's Indigenous land claims would allow it to purchase property anywhere and then compel the U.S. to take it into trust for its benefit, the Interior Department has told the Supreme Court, arguing the interpretation would render a bizarre result.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:49:26 +0000</pubDate> <title>Tribe's Claims Against Alaska Gold Mine Permit Reduced</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313116</guid> <description>An Alaska federal judge has tossed several claims by a tribal village against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its approval of a permit for an open pit gold mine, finding it is not required to conduct a subsistence evaluation or follow its internal consultation policy.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate> <title>Property Owner Demands Appraisal Of $10.5M Hail Claim</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/realestate/articles/2313695</guid> <description>A Tennessee property owner asked a federal court Thursday to order a Travelers unit to participate in an appraisal of its hail damage claim, alleging the insurer denied coverage even though an "independent evaluation" of the owner's damages estimated that the hail damage exceeded $10.5 million.</description> </item> </channel> </rss>