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Second Circuit Explains Alleging a Domestic Injury in RICO Complaint for Extraterritorial Actions
November 06, 2017
Authored by: Eric (Rick) Rein
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International Asset RecoveryThe Second Circuit is the first court of appeals to consider the holding in the United States Supreme Court’s decision in RJR Nabisco Inc. v. European Community, 136 S. Ct. 2090 (2016), which said that Section 1964 (c) of RICO does not apply extraterritorially for injury to business or property and requires a domestic injury, not merely recovery for foreign injuries. The Supreme Court did not explain how to determine a domestic injury.
Read MoreScary Stuff: Illinois Sales Tax Whistleblower Update – First E-tailers and now Custom Tailors
October 31, 2017
Authored by: David Ruskin
In:
State & Local Tax (SALT)You may have already seen the Bloomberg article issued on June 1, 2017 which outlines what many of us have sadly come to know as the “Diamond” qui tam claims: the ongoing exploitation of the Illinois False Claims Act and abuse of the state and local tax regime by an aggressive lawyer turned whistleblower.
Read MoreIn the Matter of Product of Conagra Foods Ingredient Co., New Mexico Administrative Hearing Office, Dkt. No. 17-39, September 15, 2017
October 02, 2017
Authored by: Marilyn Wethekam and Fred Marcus
In: State & Local Tax (SALT)The New Mexico Office of Administrative Hearings granted Conagra Foods’ Motion for Summary Judgment concluding the interest earned on notes was properly characterized as non-business income.
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