BB & T Corp. v. United States

ORDER

ELIASON, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case comes before the Court on defendant United States of America’s (“United States”) motion for a protective order to prevent the deposition of three of its attorneys who work in the office of the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and are, in some fashion, assisting in the defense of this matter. Plaintiff BB & T Corporation (“BB & T”) contends it needs the depositions to discover the basis for the government’s denial of tax deductions taken by BB & T for rent, interest, and transactions costs in its 1997 Federal Income…