9th Circ. Nixes Skadden Subpoena In Quellos Case

Law360, New York (October 29, 2010, 7:32 PM ET) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a subpoena forcing Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to disclose documents from work it did for investment firm Quellos Group LLC, whose founder perpetrated a tax shelter fraud that allowed clients to avoid more than $240 million in taxes.

Quellos founder and ex-CEO Jeffrey Greenstein and ex-principal Charles H. Wilk pled guilty to related charges in September, rendering moot a subpoena issued against Skadden to prove the defendants engaged in fraud, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
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