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The Jenkens & Gilchrist post-mortem
The Wall Street Journal's Nathan Koppel has authored an excellent review (W$J article here) of the demise of Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist (prior blog posts here), which shut down earlier this year after mass defections and an expensive settlement with...
Is the noose tightening on Jenkens & Gilchrist?
This NY Times article reports that federal prosecutors are investigating three lawyers of Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist — Paul Daugerdas, Erwin Mayer and Donna Guerin — in its widening investigation into questionable tax shelters. Messrs. Daugerdas and Mayer are apparently...
In the wake of KPMG
Following on this post from last month, this New York Times article reports that, on the heels of KPMG's deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department and the subsequent indictment of eight former KPMG partners, federal prosecutors are apparently focusing...
Jenkens & Gilchrist ups settlement offer
The cost of Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrest's legal problems resulting from its involvement in advising clients on tax shelters rose considerably yesterday. The the Dallas Morning News is reporting that the firm has increased its offer to a...
Not so fast, Jenkens & Gilchrist
This NY Times article reports on a scrape that Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist got into with a New York judge over an unauthorized letter that the firm recently sent to clients who bought tax shelters that the firm...
Jenkens & Gilchrist ordered to disclose tax shelter clients
As noted in this earlier post, U.S. District Judge James B. Moran of the Northern District of Illinois refused to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit government lawsuit that seeks to force Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist to turn over...
Sidley Austin tax shelter clients lose another round
This NY Times article reports that U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois upheld a government order for Sidley Austin Brown & Wood to turn over a list of client names involved in tax shelters...
Jenkens & Gilchrist settles class action over failed tax shelters
Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist reached a $75 million settlement yesterday with investors who had filed lawsuits accusing it of designing and selling questionable tax shelters. As noted earlier here, the firm and its clients remain subject to a Justice Department...
Justice accuses Jenkens & Gilchrist of participating in a fraud
The NY Times reports here today that the Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist is the subject of a Justice Department motion in federal court that seeks to require the firm to disclose the identities of its clients who were...
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