Mark Silverman Moderates Panel, Matthew Lerner Speak at ABA Tax Section Midyear Meeting

On January 20, 2007, Mark Silverman moderated, and Matthew Lerner spoke on, a panel at the 2007 ABA Section of Taxation Midyear Meeting in Hollywood, Florida.

The topic was Analyzing Transactions after Recent Shelter Cases. The panel considered the impact of Coltec and Black & Decker on transaction planning, and on audit, controversy, and litigation matters.

Read Economic Substance Doctrine: Sorting Through the Federal Circuit's "We Know It When We See It" Ruling in Coltec, by Steptoe attorneys Mark J. Silverman, Matthew D. Lerner, and Gregory N. Kidder, published in the November-December 2006 The Tax Executive.