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IRS Investigations and Tax-Related Crimes

The arrival of tax season may be a stressful time for many business owners and individual filers.  IRS criminal investigators continue to aggressively pursue tax evaders, and IRS efforts have increased with additional manpower and funding.  These agents have particularly been focusing, in recent months, on investigations regarding tax evasion, [...]

By |2024-01-29T22:43:42+00:00January 29th, 2024|

What is a Target, Subject, and Witness in a White Collar Investigation?

White collar investigations necessarily impact many different people.  Federal and state white collar authorities use three different labels to categorize the individuals and companies they interact with: target, subject, and witness.  The Department of Justice’s policy is to inform individuals where they fall on the spectrum—target, subject, or witness. The [...]

By |2023-10-27T13:03:32+00:00October 16th, 2023|

Matthew P. Massey featured legal commenter in The New York Times

Matthew P. Massey was a featured legal commenter in The New York Times’ ongoing coverage of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial in article published on October 9, 2023.  He analyzed Mr. Bankman-Fried’s strategy of advancing an advice of counsel defense and addressed some of the challenges with such a strategy. [...]

By |2023-10-10T13:55:30+00:00October 9th, 2023|

Stephen D. Wilson Appointed to International Trademark Association (INTA) Committee for 2024-2025 Term

The International Trademark Association (INTA) has appointed Stephen D. Wilson to its Building Bridges Committee for the 2024-2025 term. Steve previously served on INTA’s Enforcement Committee, Trademark Enforcement Policy Advocacy Subcommittee, and Judicial Administration & Trademark Litigation Subcommittee. INTA is a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to [...]

By |2023-10-10T14:01:55+00:00September 28th, 2023|

Stephen D. Wilson Recognized by World Trademark Review in WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2023

World Trademark Review (WTR) has again recognized Beggs & Lane partner Stephen D. Wilson in the 2023 edition of “WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals,” its annual list of the world’s top trademark practitioners. WTR publishes World Trademark Review magazine, and selects leading trademark attorneys and firms worldwide [...]

By |2023-10-03T12:39:36+00:00September 8th, 2023|

INTERNATIONAL IP TREATY UPDATE: Mauritius Joins Madrid Union and Hague System for International Protection of Trademarks and Industrial Designs

By Stephen D. Wilson | May 6, 2023 Effective May 6, 2023, the Republic of Mauritius joined two intellectual property (IP) treaties that expand options for IP owners to register their trademarks and industrial designs internationally. Madrid Union On February 6, 2023, the Government of the Republic of Mauritius [...]

By |2023-10-03T12:33:55+00:00September 7th, 2023|

The Inflation Reduction Act: A Renewable Energy Revolution?

August 16, 2023, will mark the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) (Public Law 117-169). Although there has been, and continues to be, spirited debate around the policies embodied in the IRA, one thing is not debatable; the IRA --dubbed by some as the “Green [...]

By |2023-10-03T12:43:12+00:00August 14th, 2023|
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