Tax Court Sets Aside Attorney-Client Privilege

[jwlcosu]

The heavy hand of government? Any attorneys wish to weigh in?

http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/ADInvestmentDiv.Halpern.TC.WPD.pdf

 

[Michchamp]

Not really, no. Not even close.

their reasoning is in the first paragraph on page two. this happens from time to time where a party doesn't think their legal strategy all the way through and advances a position that opens the door to questioning that they otherwise wouldn't have been subjected to.

they probably had a bad lawyer... I bet he was a right-wing Republican from ohio law school.

 

[jwlcosu]

Not really, no. Not even close.

their reasoning is in the first paragraph on page two. this happens from time to time where a party doesn't think their legal strategy all the way through and advances a position that opens the door to questioning that they otherwise wouldn't have been subjected to.

they probably had a bad lawyer... I bet he was a right-wing Republican from ohio law school.

Well, I wouldn't presume to argue the law with you but you would lose the legal team bet. They appear to hail from Temple, Harvard and Columbia, respectively. Is there no legal argument?

 

[tinselwolverine]

Well, I wouldn't presume to argue the law with you but you would lose the legal team bet. They appear to hail from Temple, Harvard and Columbia, respectively. Is there no legal argument?

Obama went to Harvard and Columbia, didn't he?

 

[jwlcosu]

Obama went to Harvard and Columbia, didn't he?

Objection. Irrelevant.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Objection. Irrelevant.

Agreed; it's not specifically relevant, however, I wouldn't describe it as a not worthwhile anecdote.

 

[Michchamp]

Well, I wouldn't presume to argue the law with you but you would lose the legal team bet. They appear to hail from Temple, Harvard and Columbia, respectively. Is there no legal argument?

huh.

well, they didn't go to my law school at least.

not sure what you mean by "no legal argument."

it's fairly simple: you advance a position in court, the other side has the right to cross examine it... or contest it if in a motion. you can't advance a position, then say it's attorney-client privileged and can't be shared, and
automatically win.

you can't go to tax court, say you relied on the advice of your attorney to file your returns, won't disclose what that advice was, and automatically win the day. the advice of your attorney is now at issue.

where did you find this anyway? is the case making the right-wing retard boards or something?

 

[Thumb]

Obama went to Harvard and Columbia, didn't he?

He couldn't get in to *Ohio though, because he knew who his parents were and was thus disqualified.

 

[Michchamp]

He couldn't get in to *Ohio though, because he knew who his parents were and was thus disqualified.

I have some pretty good stories of moronic attorneys I've met (or had the misfortune to work with) that went to ohio (either undergrad or law).

Well, maybe not "pretty good" but if you enjoy hearing stories of total incompetence, you'd enjoy these.

 

[TheVictors]

Biggest douche bag from the UM Frat days went to Ohio* LS and practices in Birmingham area now. Saw him last fall ...still a total douche and now a buckeye douche, too ...sort of.

 

[Michchamp]

Biggest douche bag from the UM Frat days went to Ohio* LS and practices in Birmingham area now. Saw him last fall ...still a total douche and now a buckeye douche, too ...sort of.

that makes 6 in my count: tall, incompetent/military history buff/DwightShrute-Clone (1), his angry midget buddy who didn't actually graduate law school, but lied about it to get a temp job with us (2), part-time bartender/rapist attorney with $200,000 of law school debt who lives with his mom now (3), bad performance review attorney (his boss gave him a bad review and for the next 2 months refused to work, telling all his clients "my boss hates my work" whenever he was asked for help, until he was laid off (4), angry, racist, foul-mouthed, bitter & divorced washout who moved back to Cleveland (5), and now your guy (6).

of course... ohio law school graduates probably a few hundred lawyers a year, and certainly some have to be competent. I just haven't met any.

oh, and of the 5 I know, all were pretty right-wing in their politics, and would talk openly about them at work... very unprofessional, but on the bright side would prove to be a bonding experience for everyone who worked with them and had to listen to their crap.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I met a well-mannered, competent, good-natured mechanical engineer that graduated from osu. However, he didn't care about football at all. His accent suggested that he spent none of his formative years in that state.

 

[Michchamp]

I met a well-mannered, competent, good-natured mechanical engineer that graduated from osu. However, he didn't care about football at all. His accent suggested that he spent none of his formative years in that state.

a friend of mine (MSU undergrad) went there for a MPP. he had one of his classmates call me for advice when she was at ohio law, and she was articulate, and seemed very intelligent. not sure what she ended up doing afterward, but yes, there are some. She also didn't care about football and was like "Football? Uh... please. I had something important to talk about." when I said ohio is a dirty, corrupt place.

I remember now I did work with a good lawyer who was ohio undergrad. he went there on a full ride academic scholarship or something (he was from Cincinnati), which is tough to turn down. he did not go there for law. at the same job I there was a UM grad who sat on his computer watching netflix movies at work... I thought I was in the Twilight Zone.

but yeah, the competent grads as a percentage of all alumni is usually overwhelmingly in our favor. >