KPMG charges dismissal [US DC]

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KPMG charges dismissal [US DC]

July 16, 2007 11:41:00 am

United States of America v. Jeffrey Stein, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, July 16, 2007 [dismissing all charges against 13 of 16 defendants in the KPMG criminal tax shelter case because prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of the defendants by pressuring KPMG not to pay the defendant's legal fees]. Read the full text of the decision [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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