USA v. Eaton Corporation
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24-3732
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July 14, 2025
EU Law Doesn't Shield Eaton Records, US Tells 6th Circ.
The European Union's privacy law does not protect Eaton Corp. from having to disclose employee evaluation records in a transfer pricing dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government told the Sixth Circuit on Monday.
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July 01, 2025
IRS Docs Bid Flouts Foreign Privacy Rules, 6th Circ. Told
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers urged the Sixth Circuit to reverse an Ohio federal judge's order requiring Eaton Corp. to share European employee evaluations with the IRS, contending that disclosure would create unnecessary conflicts with foreign privacy laws.
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June 24, 2025
Eaton Urges 6th Circ. To Shield Worker Reviews From IRS
An Ohio federal judge should have shielded Eaton Corp.'s evaluations of more than a dozen overseas workers from an IRS investigation of the company's sale of intellectual property, not just the records for workers whose jobs were unrelated to the tax issue, the company told the Sixth Circuit.
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April 23, 2025
Eaton Allowed To Redact Employee Docs Before Court Review
Eaton Corp. may redact information about employees' religion and sexual orientation from performance reviews before the court examines them privately in chambers in the company's transfer pricing dispute, an Ohio federal court ruled in a move the government had warned would flout a Sixth Circuit order.
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April 02, 2025
6th Circ. Orders Private Review Of Docs In Eaton Tax Case
The Sixth Circuit granted a request by multinational power company Eaton Corp. to order a lower court to review in chambers sensitive performance evaluations in its transfer pricing case challenging an Internal Revenue Service summons for its European employee records.
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March 13, 2025
Eaton Shouldn't Be Allowed To Shortcut Appeal, 6th Circ. Told
The Sixth Circuit shouldn't grant Eaton Corp.'s request to curtail arguments in its appeal of a court order enforcing an Internal Revenue Service summons for its European employee records, the federal government argued Thursday, saying it wants the chance to explain why foreign law doesn't apply.
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March 04, 2025
'Guardrails' Needed In IRS Bid For Eaton Docs, 6th Circ. Told
The IRS is seeking Eaton employee records that would violate European Union data protection laws, the power management multinational told the Sixth Circuit, arguing that an Ohio district court should accordingly only privately review the documents with "critical guardrails."
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November 18, 2024
6th Circ. Pauses IRS Summons For Eaton Worker Docs
The Sixth Circuit said Eaton Corp. doesn't have to comply with an IRS demand to produce performance reviews for its foreign employees until the appellate court decides whether to overturn a decision that the agency's transfer pricing investigation of the multinational power management company outweighed worker privacy concerns.