New York, D.C., and Georgia Offices Recognized as Tax Law Leaders NEW YORK (June 5, 2025) — Chambers USA has ranked Kostelanetz LLP as a leading firm for tax controversy, tax fraud, and white-collar defense and government investigations and has ranked all three of the
Gray Proctor was quoted in a series of Tax Notes articles covering the emerging split of authority on which court has jurisdiction to hear challenges to presidential authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). On May 28, 2025, the U.S.
On May 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) issued a Statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities. The staff-level guidance addresses the staking of “Covered Crypto Assets” (described below) on networks that use proof-of-stake (“PoS”) as a consensus mechanism
Ciraolo Also Named to Top 50 Women Lawyers in DC WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 29, 2025) —Caroline D. Ciraolo and Jay R. Nanavati have been named by Super Lawyers as top-rated attorneys in Washington, D.C., with Caroline being selected as a leading tax attorney and Jay as a leading white-collar
Bill Would Bar ERC Claims Filed After January 31, 2024 Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Included among the sweeping 1,000-page legislative package are provisions (Section 112205: Enforcement Provisions with Respect to COVID-Related Employee Retention Credits) that, if enacted
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have now issued guidance to corporations providing concrete benefits that companies, their shareholders, boards, and customers can earn by voluntarily self-reporting misconduct to the DOJ.
Caroline D. Ciraolo recently spoke with Bloomberg Tax Editor at Large Rebecca Baker for Bloomberg’s Talking Tax podcast. Caroline and Rebecca discussed the flood of tax professionals entering the private sector in the wake of the Trump administration’s push to reduce the federal workforce. Caroline
In a Reuters Legal News article titled “Is now the time to seek relief from SEC industry bars and professional suspensions,” Victor Suthammanont writes that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shown a recent willingness to grant relief to securities industry participants who have
NEW YORK (May 13, 2025) — Kostelanetz partner Claude Millman is featured in City & State NY’s celebration of the tenth anniversary of its Fifty Over 50 list honoring “50 exemplary individuals” over the age of 50 “who have distinguished themselves in academia, advocacy, business, government, organized labor and
Tax-exempt organizations may be entering a new era of heightened scrutiny of their tax-exempt status. Michael Waalkes, Caroline D. Ciraolo, and Melissa Wiley co-authored a piece for Procedurally Taxing/Tax Notes discussing potential legal avenues through which an exempt organization might challenge its designation as an
