'Greenfield': Act of Production Doctrine Is Alive and Well

September 15, 2016  |  New York Law Journal

Over the past five years, eight Circuit Courts of Appeals have held that the “required records” doctrine precludes taxpayers from relying on the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to avoid production of certain offshore account records. In this article, we discuss a recent Second Circuit decision that serves as an instructive reminder of the limits of the required records doctrine and the continuing importance of the Fifth Amendment’s act of production doctrine.

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