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Selecting a Criminal Attorney, When Winning is Your Only Option, Revisited


Selecting a Criminal Attorney, When Winning is Your Only Option, Revisited

Selecting a Criminal Attorney: If you learned that you were the target of a federal investigation, who would you call? How would you select a lawyer to represent you? In October of 2016 this blog discussed a number of factors that affect the outcome of federal criminal jury trials. This subject matter is revisited with newly published data by the United States District Courts.

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Highly Skilled Tax Attorney and Sophisticated Businessman, Was Found Guilty of 16-Counts


Highly Skilled Tax Attorney and Sophisticated Businessman, Was Found Guilty of 16-Counts

The evidence at trial fairly established that Lynch possessed superior knowledge of tax and corporate laws which he used to keep Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") agents from being able to collect taxes due for several entities that related to a collection of businesses related to indoor ice skating - by shifting assets and employees among several entities.

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The Fifth Amendment Does Not Protect Taxpayers From Being Forced to Produce Certain Required Records


The Fifth Amendment Does Not Protect Taxpayers From Being Forced to Produce Certain Required Records

The Fifth Amendment protects individual taxpayers from being compelled to testify when such testimony is incriminating. This rule has been held to apply to the records in the custody and control of the taxpayer. However, when the taxpayer is required to maintain the records for non-law enforcement reasons that are public in nature, the Required Records Doctrine authorizes the government to subpoena such records. This is recognized as an exception to the Fifth Amendment.

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