Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew Roberts is a tax attorney who covers tax litigation and fraud. The Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides ...

In a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) proceeding, a district court dismissed the government’s suit to enforce FBAR penalties, holding that the government had violated the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, 144 S. Ct. 2117 (2024) held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties to punish and deter wrongful conduct, the ...

In SEC v. Jarkesy, the Securities and Exchange Commission brought legal action against George Jarkesy, seeking $300,000 in civil penalties for securities fraud. In June of 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) violated AT&T's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and right to adjudication by ...

The Seventh Amendment gives people a constitutional right to a jury trial in civil cases seeking money damages. The Supreme Court held that incarcerated plaintiffs have a right to a jury trial on ...

The case is one of several attempting to get state courts to align with Jarkesy, the Supreme Court’s ruling against the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) —The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review cases concerning a juror's pretrial lies in a death penalty case and the Seventh Amendment's enforceability against states. The ...