Legal Opinion
United States v. BDO Seidman, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2007No. 05-3260, 05-3518PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This is the third appeal arising out of an effort by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to enforce administrative summonses against BDO Seidman, LLP (“BDO”), an accounting firm that allegedly failed to disclose potentially abusive tax shelters that it promoted. See United States v. BDO Seidman, 337 F.3d 802 (7th Cir.2003) (BDO ID; United States v. BDO Seidman, Nos. 02-3914 & 02-3915, 2002 WL 32080709 (7th Cir. Dec.18, 2002) (BDO I). The IRS now appeals the district court’s ruling that sustained BDO’s claim of attorney-client privilege with respect to a memorandum…
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