Kostelanetz dubbed “a go-to representative for contractors with New York City and state” NEW YORK (March 20, 2023) — Kostelanetz LLP partner Claude M. Millman has been recognized by City & State NY’s “Law Power 100” list for a fourth year in a row. City & State NY also dubbed Kostelanetz as “a
The Federal Criminal Procedure Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers, now chaired by Steptoe & Johnson partner Brian Heberlig, who succeeded Kostelanetz partner Sharon L. McCarthy in that role, has published a white paper proposing an amendment to Fed. R. Crim. P. 23(a) to eliminate
On March 7, 2023, the IRS issued IR-2023-40, its third warning in six months related to fraud and abuse in the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) program. The ERC, created under the CARES Act to assist businesses that continued to pay their employees during the COVID-19
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently released a report that provided several recommendations for improving the IRS Appeals process for taxpayers. TIGTA’s report, released Feb. 10, 2023, evaluated how well the IRS Independent Office of Appeals (IRS Appeals) has implemented and complied
On February 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision in the case of Alexandru Bittner v. United States (No. 21-1195), holding that the penalty for a non-willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) applies on a
Paralegal Liz Grant was featured in Mock Trial Masterclass, a podcast that provides public speaking and mock trial guidance to students and coaches. This episode, titled “How to Practice and Prepare for Tournaments” focuses on how individual students and mock trial teams can improve their
With the Kostelanetz LLP Spelman College Pre-Law Internship program entering its third year, we’re excited to announce that we have accepted two new Spelman students as pre-law paralegals for the Spring 2023 semester. Please join us in welcoming Melina Watson and Nadya Lopez. Melina is a Philosophy Major and Political Science
In the latest installment of Tax Analysts’ “Taxing Issues” webinar series, “The Future of IRS Funding,” Cara Griffith, President and CEO of Tax Analysts, spoke with Charles Rettig, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner; Nina Olson, former IRS National Taxpayer Advocate and now Executive Director
NEW YORK (January 10, 2023) — Kostelanetz LLP is thrilled to announce that we have promoted three of our attorneys — Nicholas S. Bahnsen, Stephen Josey, and Wilda Lin — to Counsel. The promotions became effective on January 1. “Nick, Stephen, and Wilda have provided
