Tax - Featured Cases
- American International Group, Inc. v. United States of America
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: February 27, 2009
Plaintiff: American International Group, Inc.; Defendant: United States of America
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 19, 2009
(March 18, 2009) - Procter & Gamble Company v. United States of America
Ohio Southern District Court
None
Filed: September 10, 2008
Plaintiff: Procter & Gamble Company; Defendant: United States of America
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 19, 2008
(September 18, 2008) - United States of America v. In the Matter of Tax Liabilities of: John Does
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeks authorization under Section 7602 of the Internal Revenue Code to issue a "John Doe" summons to PayPal, Inc. The summons seeks the account records for persons or entities having a U.S. address, telephone number or social security number, and where the source or destination of account funds from Jan 1, 1999-Dec 31, 2004, was a bank account at or a credit, charge or debit card issued by a financial institution in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominca, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey/Sark/Alderney, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Samoa, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Loucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos and Vanuatu.
California Northern District Court
Tax Suits: IRS-Third Party
Filed: October 14, 2005
Plaintiff: United States of America, United States of America, United States of America Defendant: In the Matter of Tax Liabilities of: John Does
Last Docket Report Change Found: June 1, 2008
(May 31, 2008) - In Re: In the Matter of the Tax Liabilities of John Does,
New York Northern District Court
Filed: March 4, 2005
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 2, 2008
(May 1, 2008) - Gainor v. Sidley, Austin, Brow
Plaintiff alleged that defendant Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP committed legal malpractice when it issued a "more likely than not" opinion letter to indicate that the deductions arising from a tax saving strategy would be upheld when in fact such strategy should instead have been registered as a potentially abusive tax shelter.
Florida Southern District Court
Defendant
Filed: July 12, 2006
Plaintiff: Mark J. Gainor, Elyse Gainor; Defendant: Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP, Mark C. Klopfenstein, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., R. J. RubleCounter Claimant: Mark C. Klopfenstein, Counter Defendant: Mark J. Gainor, Elyse Gainor
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(October 8, 2007)