BakerHostetler Attorneys James Mastracchio and Jay Nanavati Discuss Global Tax Enforcement
On April 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit published its opinion in Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm P.L.L.C. v. United States. The Fifth Circuit court held that the Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm (the law firm OR...more
Lawyers, tax or otherwise, understand that privileged information must be protected to encourage a full and frank dialogue that might not occur without confidentiality.1 Tax information, in particular, contains some of the...more
An individual that provides information to an attorney may normally assume that the information provided to the attorney will be kept confidential under the attorney-client privilege. That said, according to the Internal...more
Court rules that a "John Doe" summons to obtain confidential client records from a law firm isn’t barred by attorney-client privilege. On May 15, 2019, a district court in the Western District of Texas held that the...more