Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Update
Purdue Pharma’s chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the Southern District of New York (White Plains) on Sunday evening came as...
Purdue Pharma L.P. files Chapter 11 for Protection from 2600 State and Federal Lawsuits
On Sunday night Purdue Pharma L.P. filed Chapter 11 seeking protection from more than 2,600 state and federal lawsuits. Purdue...
U.S. Treasury Cannot Exercise Right of Offset After Bankruptcy Has Been Filed
On March 31, 2019, in Wood v. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (In re Wood), 18-5006 (Bankr. S.D. W.Va....
Make Sure Your Bitcoin Password is Safe: Cryptocurrency Exchange Can’t Access $190 Million in Holdings!
Gerald Cotten, the founder of Canada’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, died unexpectedly due to complications with Crohn’s disease. According to...
Exhaustion is Required Before Seeking Damages from the IRS for Violating the Discharge Injunction
On May 8, 2018, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Isicoff for the Southern District of Florida issued an opinion addressing the question:...
Convicted Embezzler Rebecca Block From Windsor Sentenced to Prison
She pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $190,000 from her West Hartford employer over a period of several years. A...
Nevada Lawyer Sentenced To Prison For Filing False Tax Returns
A Reno, Nevada attorney was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for filing false federal income tax returns, announced...
Michigan Nail Salon Supplier Pleads Guilty To Filing A False Tax Return
Did Not Report over $1 Million in Business Income A resident of Troy, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to filing a...
Owners of Virginia Subcontracting Firm Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
Used Business Accounts to Evade Paying Their Income Tax Liability A Virginia husband and wife were each sentenced today for...
Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion; Owes Over 1 Million Dollars to the IRS
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy,...