Too rich: D.C. Circuit Rules for IRS over Secrecy

D.C. Circuit Rules for IRS in Dispute with Mayer Brown - Mike Scarcella, Legal Times, April 20, 2009
Mayer Brown is not entitled to certain Internal Revenue Service documents under the Freedom of Information Act because disclosing the information could allow tax cheats to one-up investigators, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday. "Though the information here does not necessarily provide a blueprint for tax shelter schemes, it could encourage decisions to violate the law or evade punishment," Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote for the panel (more)