Taxation & Estate Planning

Wesley Snipes: What to Expect This Week
The prosecution rested in the Wesley Snipes case with a prosecution tax witness making the final statement to the jury. (See Orlando Sentinel AP here and Stephen Hudak here and here)...

"Jury to Start Deliberations in Wesley Snipes Tax Case"
"Jury to Start Deliberations in Wesley Snipes Tax Case": This article appears today in The New York Times. And The Ocala Star-Banner reports today that "Wesley Snipes' fate now in hands of jury; Actor says 'I look forward to walking out of here...

Split verdict in Wesley Snipes trial ... and another potential high-profile acquitted conduct case
As detailed in this early news report, today brought "a split verdict in the tax evasion case against actor Wesley Snipes." Here are more specifics: A federal jury in Ocala this afternoon found Snipes guilty of three misdemeanor charges of....

Why the government is eager to imprison Wesley Snipes
Forbes.com has this new piece, headlined Wesley Snipes And The TaxDef War," which spotlights why the government sees the Snipes case as one of the most important tax evasion cases in recent memory: When Wesley Trent Snipes is sentenced Thursday...

Wesley Snipes gets 3-year max prison sentence urged by prosecutors
This ABCNews report indicates that a federal sentencing judge today decided to max out Wesley Snipes for his tax evasion convictions: A Florida judge sentenced the "Blade" movie star to 3 years in jail today...

Wesley Snipes
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How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict Against Fisher Controls International
$1.5 Million Asbestos Mesothelioma Verdict

Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action
Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action

$1.5 Million Verdict for Injured Worker
$1.5 Million Verdict for Injured Worker

David Hasselhoff Divorce
Baywatch star reaches settlement in family lawsuit.