Taxes July 23, 2026
Microsoft Sued Over Xbox Tariff Costs, Refunds
A Microsoft customer is accusing the company of passing the costs of tariffs onto consumers while standing to gain from federal government refunds.
Taxes July 23, 2026
Digital Asset Industry Group Sues to Block Illinois’ First-in-the-Nation Crypto Tax
A first-in-the-nation tax on cryptocurrencies and other digital assets that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed last month is facing a legal challenge from an industry association that argues the law is unconstitutional.
IRS July 13, 2026
Judge Rules Trump IRS Immunity Deal Has No ‘Basis in Law’
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said the president's lawsuit against the IRS "was not brought to vindicate rights; it was brought to manipulate the judicial process to pursue benefits unavailable in litigation because the parties were not adverse.”
SEC July 9, 2026
U.S. Judge Allows SEC-Musk Deal Despite ‘Significant Misgivings’
A U.S. judge signed off on Elon Musk paying $1.5 million to end a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that accused him of cheating Twitter investors when he missed a deadline in 2022 to disclose his growing stake in the company.
IRS July 6, 2026
Senate Democrat Demands Records on DOJ, IRS Settlement Planning
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) seeks copies of “all memoranda prepared by the IRS discussing defenses against” claims Trump and his sons made in their $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, according to a letter.
SEC June 25, 2026
SEC Accuses North Carolina Man of Fraud Involving Napster Music Shares. Yes, Napster
A Mooresville, NC, man and his lawyer are facing a lawsuit from the SEC, claiming they fraudulently obtained 239 million shares of stock from a company that took over Napster, a pioneer of peer-to-peer music sharing.
IRS June 11, 2026
Judge Declines Action on ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund While Warning DOJ
A federal judge in Washington agreed that a legal fight over a controversial $1.8 billion fund for alleged political “weaponization” victims was likely obsolete in light of U.S. assurances that the plan won’t go forward.
IRS June 10, 2026
‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Challengers Question Its Demise
Challengers to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” asked a judge Tuesday to let them seek evidence the Justice Department truly is abandoning the program, born out of the president's settlement with the IRS.
Taxes June 2, 2026
Missouri Ballot Issue to End Income Tax is Lawful, Judge Says, in Win for GOP
A Missouri judge on Monday upheld the ballot language of a Republican plan to replace the state’s income tax with expanded sales taxes in a key win for Republican lawmakers.
IRS June 1, 2026
Trump to Scrap $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Amid Broad Opposition
President Trump Monday was reportedly planning to scrap his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which was portrayed as a settlement to a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS.
IRS June 1, 2026
Trump Ordered to Address ‘Grievous’ Fraud Claims in IRS Case
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the IRS was the result of a “fraud” on the court.
IRS May 29, 2026
Judge Temporarily Halts DOJ ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
The Justice Department announced the creation of the fund as part of settling a $10 billion lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against his own government, alleging violations of federal law for releases of his tax return information in his first term.