(Reuters) - Bank of America has asked a federal judge to dismiss a nationwide class action accusing it of misreporting mortgage interest on tax forms, arguing that U.S. tax authorities, not the courts, should decide how the interest must be reported....
Company: SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER AND FLOM LLP; BANK OF AMERICA CORP; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE)
News Subject: (Major Corporations (1MA93); Taxation (1TA10))
Industry: (Loans (1LO12); Banking (1BA20); Financial Services (1FI37); Retail Banking Services (1RE38); Accounting, Consulting & Legal Services (1AC73); Mortgage Banking (1MO85); Consumer Finance (1CO55))
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Language: EN
Other Indexing: (Michael R Brown Law Corp) (Lora Smith; Brendan McDermid; David Vendler; Cynthia Himple; Morris Polich; Skadden; Peter Morrison; Douglas Smith)
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