Firm Insights
It has been about three weeks since the release of the “Panama Papers” set news outlets abuzz. The documents and related news articles identified politicians, celebrities, and other prominent public figures as clients of a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, and as participating in offshore entities and companies structured to hide assets and/or avoid taxes.…
Read MoreArsenio Hall, a late night TV talk show host from the early 1990s, had a segment he called, “Things That Make You Go ‘Hmmmmm’”. This past Monday, an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Minnesota definitely made criminal tax lawyers across the country go ‘Hmmmmm.” The indictment, brought against a 60-year-old woman…
Read MoreWhen a new business is formed by two or more owners, just like a new marriage, the participants often are so enamored with the new endeavor that little attention is given to the possibility that their union may one day come to an end. Careful consideration must be given early in a business relationship to…
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