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<b>BREAKING NEWS: </b>THOMPSON MEMORANDUM ON FEES FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL

KPMG refused to pay its employees' legal fees because the government held a 'gun to its head' and thus 'violated the Constitution it is sworn to defend.' These strong words from U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in the KPMG tax shelter case have shaken the foundations of corporate prosecutorial policy. <i>United States v. Stein et al.</i>, 2006 WL 1735260, (S.D.N.Y. June 26, 2006).READ THE FULL STORY FROM THE ATTORNEY WHO WON THE RULING IN THE AUGUST, 2006, ISSUE, ONLINE AUGUST 1!

2 minute read July 14, 2006 at 09:22 AM
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<b>BREAKING NEWS: </b>THOMPSON MEMORANDUM ON FEES FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL

KPMG refused to pay its employees' legal fees because the government held a 'gun to its head' and thus 'violated the Constitution it is sworn to defend.'

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