Weil Tax BLOG - Feed https://tax.weil.com/contributor/paul-wessel/ Views and developments from the Tax Department at Weil Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 Now You See Me, Now You Don’t OECD ME: President Trump Signals Significant Changes in Global Tax Policy https://tax.weil.com/latest-thinking/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-oecd-me-president-trump-signals-significant-changes-in-global-tax-policy/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:15:02 +0000 Devon Bodoh Paul J. Wessel Grant Solomon https://tax.weil.com/?p=2432 On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed two Executive Orders signaling a marked departure from Former President Biden’s Administration on global tax and trade policy. The first Executive Order (the “Global Tax Deal EO”) takes aim at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) two pillar project and essentially nullifies the U.S.’s agreement to

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]]> On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed two Executive Orders signaling a marked departure from Former President Biden’s Administration on global tax and trade policy. The first Executive Order (the “Global Tax Deal EO”) takes aim at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) two pillar project and essentially nullifies the U.S.’s agreement to

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]]> The CARES Act – Considerations for Tax-Exempt Organizations https://tax.weil.com/covid19-updates/the-cares-act-considerations-for-tax-exempt-organizations/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:08:15 +0000 Jon-Paul Bernard Devon Bodoh Miriam Buhl Sarah Downie Stuart J. Goldring Lyuba Goltser Mark Hoenig Michael Nissan Ellen Odoner John O'Loughlin Joseph Pari Gregory Silbert Paul J. Wessel Weil Tax Blog http://tax.weil.com/?p=903 In response to COVID-19, a number of significant legislative and administrative steps have been taken to, among other things, ameliorate the impact of the crisis on individuals, businesses, and tax-exempt organizations. At the federal level, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), a ~$2 trillion stimulus package, was enacted on March

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]]> In response to COVID-19, a number of significant legislative and administrative steps have been taken to, among other things, ameliorate the impact of the crisis on individuals, businesses, and tax-exempt organizations. At the federal level, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), a ~$2 trillion stimulus package, was enacted on March

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]]> Sun Capital ERISA Litigation – Private Equity Funds Held Liable for Pension Obligations https://tax.weil.com/private-equity/sun-capital-erisa-litigation-private-equity-funds-held-liable-for-pension-obligations/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:12:28 +0000 Paul J. Wessel Steven Margolis http://tax.weil.com/?p=744 A recent decision by the Federal District Court of Massachusetts has potentially significant implications for private equity funds whose portfolio companies contribute to multiemployer pension plans or sponsor defined benefit pension plans, as well as for parties in bankruptcy proceedings. In Sun Capital Partners III, L.P., et. al. v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry

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]]> A recent decision by the Federal District Court of Massachusetts has potentially significant implications for private equity funds whose portfolio companies contribute to multiemployer pension plans or sponsor defined benefit pension plans, as well as for parties in bankruptcy proceedings. In Sun Capital Partners III, L.P., et. al. v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry

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]]> Federal Appeals Court Concludes PE Funds are Potentially Liable for Pension Obligations of Portfolio Companies https://tax.weil.com/features/federal-appeals-court-concludes-pe-funds-are-potentially-liable-for-pension-obligations-of-portfolio-companies/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:16:09 +0000 Paul J. Wessel http://tax.weil.com/?p=745 A recent decision by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Sun Capital Partners III, L.P. et al. v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund may have important implications for private equity funds that own portfolio companies with underfunded pension obligations. In its decision, the court held that a private equity fund that

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]]> A recent decision by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Sun Capital Partners III, L.P. et al. v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund may have important implications for private equity funds that own portfolio companies with underfunded pension obligations. In its decision, the court held that a private equity fund that

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