The Australian government said Friday that it had replaced the head of the body that regulates tax practitioners, just days before the opening of a parliamentary probe into the government’s use of outside consultants.

Our Spotlight series highlights the careers and lives of tax professionals around the world. This week’s Spotlight is on Kathleen “Kat” Gregor, a tax controversy attorney and litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Boston.

Britain is well-placed to attract high-growth companies, despite increasing global competition due to interventions such as US President Joe Biden’s massive package of subsidies and tax breaks for green industries, a government minister said.

House Republicans introduced legislation Thursday that would raise US taxes on foreign individuals and companies when their home countries apply taxes the US sees as extraterritorial or discriminatory.

Canada’s supreme court Thursday dismissed an aerospace company’s push to have a court authorize a claim of $116.1 million in government loans as a tax deduction.

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at what’s causing a period of severe instability among major law firms.