Miller & Chevalier Chartered

About this office:

Founded in 1920, Miller & Chevalier Chartered is a Washington, D.C. law firm with practices in tax; benefits, including ERISA; federal healthcare programs; white collar; federal procurement fraud; international; and related litigation.

Taxation: Federal taxation, international taxation, tax planning, tax litigation, tax appeals, tax audits, tax controversies, administrative transfer pricing, tax accounting, financial products and institutions, tax-exempt organizations, and IRS and legislative tax policy.

Employee Benefits: employee benefits taxation, employee benefits litigation, executive compensation, qualified plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, non-ERISA fringe benefits, health and welfare benefits, payroll taxes, worker classification, information reporting, and penalty abatement.

Litigation: White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations, Federal Litigation, Complex Litigation, Commercial Litigation, ERISA, RICO, Administrative Litigation, Patent Litigation, Federal Administrative Law, Trial Practice and U.S. Supreme Court Litigation.

Government Contracts: Government Contract Fraud, Government Procurement, Public Contract Law, False Claims Act, Quit Tam Litigation, Legislative Practice, Information Technology Contracts, Health Care Contracts, Health Care Fraud, Health Care Litigation, Health Insurance, Managed Care, and Medicare Fraud and Abuse.

International: antidumping, countervailing duties, safeguards and market disruption proceedings; international intellectual property litigation; customs and import trade; trade policy and legislation; export controls, economic sanctions and direct investment reviews; the FCPA and international anti-bribery laws; U.S. anti-boycott regimes, WTO and NAFTA dispute settlement; WTO and bilateral negotiations and compliance; and global regulatory compliance.

Government Affairs.

PTO Reminds Patent Prosecutors and Applicants of Restrictions on Outsourcing Patent Prosecution Activities
William L. Clements, Jacqueline L. Ferrand, September 28, 2008
U.S. law has long imposed restrictions on the export of certain information and technologies.

IRS Grants Automatic Consent for "Section 118" Accounting Method Changes
Dwight N. Mersereau, Patricia J. Sweeney, James L. Atkinson, Marc J. Gerson, September 12, 2008
In Rev. Proc. 2008-52, 2008-36 I.R.B. (Aug. 18, 2008), the Internal Revenue Service has granted "automatic consent" for taxpayers to change their methods of accounting under section 118 with respect to non-shareholder contributions to capital.

Year-End Bonuses and the All-Events Test: Time to Review
James L. Atkinson, Anne G. Batter, Dwight N. Mersereau, C. Frederick Oliphant, September 12, 2008
Due in large measure to FIN48, a number of taxpayers have begun reexamining their methods of accounting for executive and employee performance and incentive bonuses (generically "year-end bonuses").

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