After his latest round of hearings in the KPMG tax shelter case, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered lawyers for the 16 former KPMG partners or employees who are defendants to submit affidavits disclosing who had referred their clients to them. The judge’s extended investigation of the KPMG prosecution has thrown a spotlight on KPMG’s lead outside counsel, Skadden Arps partner Robert Bennett — exposing defense tactics usually confined to the shadows of white-collar dealmaking.
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Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under: Business Law, Law Misc
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