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New COVID-19 Relief Bill is Filled with Tax Provisions – Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

By Laura E. Krebs Al-Shathir / December 23, 2020 / Comments Off on New COVID-19 Relief Bill is Filled with Tax Provisions – Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the much anticipated COVID-19 relief legislation (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA, 2021”), sending the bill to President Donald Trump to sign. This relief bill provides for stimulus checks to be mailed to many Americans, a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans to provide relief for businesses, and numerous…

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The Silk Road and Me: Why My Bitcoin (And Probably Yours, Too) is Safe from Government Seizure

By Sanford J. Boxerman / November 19, 2020 / Comments Off on The Silk Road and Me: Why My Bitcoin (And Probably Yours, Too) is Safe from Government Seizure

Ok, I admit it.  This blog post began purely out of selfishness. I read about the Government’s seizure early this month of $1 billion worth of bitcoin, which the Government justified on the grounds that the bitcoin bore a relationship to a now-shut-down website called the Silk Road.  I’ll talk about the specifics of the…

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Government Proposes Below-Guidelines Sentence: This Time, for the Right Reasons

By Sanford J. Boxerman / September 18, 2020 / Comments Off on Government Proposes Below-Guidelines Sentence: This Time, for the Right Reasons

When higher-ups in the Department of Justice intervened in the sentencing phase of the criminal case against Trump campaign worker Roger Stone, the reactions of most Americans depended, at least in part, upon their personal political views. As a white-collar criminal defense lawyer, I viewed the case through a different lens. Based upon my knowledge…

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