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Appeals court, over dissent, allows IRS `fishing expedition’ for law firm’s tax clients
A Texas law firm lost its fight to block an Internal Revenue Service summons seeking the names of clients who sought tax advice after one of them was caught hiding money offshore. -
Fifth Circuit dismisses class member’s duplicative individual claim against USPS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently upheld a lower court’s ruling to dismiss an individual claim brought by a U.S. Postal Service worker, saying the case was already subsumed in another pending class action administrative complaint. -
Fifth Circuit sides with employee in dispute over arbitration agreement
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently determined that an employee’s discrimination lawsuit should stay in federal court because the employment arbitration agreement didn’t give advance notice of changes, making it unenforceable.