Limited partners are not subject to self-employment taxes in a case recently decided by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

On January 16, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to interpret the ...

5th Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments over Ten Commandments in Texas and Louisiana public schools ...

The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.

In a significant decision for the investment funds industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has officially rejected the ...

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in Sirius Solutions v. Commissioner on January 16. This is a clear win for thousands of state-law limited partners who have long been ...

A Prichard woman accused of setting fire to her hospital room pleaded guilty to first-degree arson Monday.

The last of eight defendants convicted in a $7.7 million pandemic loan fraud scheme has been sentenced in Detroit, officials said. Timothy Boyle, 58, of Los Angeles, was given three years of probation ...

The spending package that would fund most of the federal government and end a partial shutdown cleared a key procedural hurdle late Monday, bringing it one step closer to a full House vote. The House ...

Richard Vinyard, 68, told police he put his mother's body in a fridge to continue collecting her Social Security payments, according to court documents.

IRS impersonation scams use fake refund alerts and urgent account issues to steal taxpayer data during 2026 tax season, ...