Overview
On February 8, Law360 quoted Larry Hill in their piece titled, "Tax Pros Must Be Cautious After Justices Boot Privilege Case." The article discusses a recent US Supreme Court decision to deny its earlier grant of cert., as improvidently granted, in a case that asked the justices to decide whether communications that contain both legal and nonlegal advice are privileged.
In response to the decision in In Re Grand Jury, Hill said: "For lawyers who prepare tax returns and advise on the legal aspects of those same returns, there is a greater risk and there has always been a greater risk of privilege waiver… it would be prudent to consider not having the same lawyer advise on the soft spots of the return and prepare the return."
Larry Hill co-authored an amicus brief filed in by the American College of Tax Counsel in the case of In Re Grand Jury. For more information, click here.
