The Manhattan District Attorney's Office appears increasingly close to obtaining an indictment of former President Donald Trump over an alleged 2016 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump was ...

Title 31 of the U.S. Code allows the IRS to impose civil penalties for a U.S. person’s failure to file a timely and proper FBAR by the statutory deadline. However, the IRS doesn’t have forever to make ...

Jessica Burgoyne, leveraging a deep background in research methods and a passion for legal issues, distills complex legal concepts into accessible insights. With over 100 published articles, her work ...

The term statute of limitations may sound like legal jargon but it's a concept that's worth understanding, especially if you have private student loans. Any time you borrow a student loan, it's ...

About half the states have eliminated statutes of limitation for rape, so like murder, there is no limit on how much time has passed since the crimes occurred for suspects to be charged. The statute ...

All healthcare providers and other businesses in the healthcare industry need to comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The AKS imposes criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations, and ...

The hospitality industry has seen an uptick in recent litigation related to human trafficking. Thus far, franchisors have been successful in certain trial and appellate courts in arguing that ...

Tuesday’s decision in Wilkins v. United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas including investing, ...

What is a time-barred debt? A time-barred debt is any overdue payment that has passed the statute of limitations in your state. Whether it’s credit card debt, medical debt or unpaid auto loans, if ...