17 July 2003




White Collar Crime:

(1) Bribery, favors, and political corruption.

(2) Governmental agencies are trying to break attorney-client privilige. In at least one case the IRS obtained an order, in an ex parte proceeding no less, to try and force a law firm to break the privilige and betray its clients. The firm has declined and the IRS is mulling over the possibility of further actions.

The article concludes with a list of a number of cases where the government has been fought to a draw or an outright loss in these sorts of cases.

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