8:30AM - 11:30AM
Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties
Chair: Miriam L. Fisher, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC
8:30am Opening Remarks by the Chair.
8:35am Reports of Subcommittees. Attorney-Client and Constitutional Privileges
Bradley L. Williams, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN; Important Developments -
Civil, Charles P. Rettig, Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez,
Beverly Hills,CA; Important Developments - Criminal, Caroline D. Ciraolo,
Rosenberg Martin Funk Greenberg, Baltimore, MD; Sentencing Guidelines,
Niles Elber, Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, Washington, DC; Monetary
Violations and Forfeitures, James N. Mastracchio, Morgan Lewis
& Bockius LLP, Washington, DC; Legislative and Administrative
Developments, John M. Colvin, Chicoine & Hallett, Seattle, WA;
International Tax Enforcement, Scott A. Harty, Smith Gambrell &
Russell LLP, Atlanta, GA; IRS Investigations and Practices, Josh
Ungerman, Meadows Owens Collier Reed Cousins & Blau, Dallas, TX.
9:05am IRC Sec. 7216 Task Force Report. Speaker: Mary
Elizabeth Rinaldi, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP,
Washington, DC.
9:10am IRS Enforcement Update. Speaker: Mark Matthews,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement, IRS,
Washington, DC.
9:30am Hot Topics: Money Laundering and the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act. A panel discussion of the intersection
between the two statutes, i.e., the kinds of conduct that
implicates both areas. Further discussion of substantive
legal issues, red flags, investigative techniques and
remedial measures. Moderator: David Axelrod,
Deloitte Forensic and Dispute Services, Columbus,
OH. Panelists: Scott Maberry, Fulbright and Jaworski
LLP, Washington, DC; Michael Zeldin, Deloitte
Forensic and Dispute Services, Washington, DC;
Robert W. Werner, Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, Fairfax, VA.
10:30am The Impact of U.S. v. Stein. A panel discussion of the
potential long-term impact on prosecutorial and defense
conduct of a groundbreaking decision on governmental
interference with the defendants'' Constitutional rights in
this landmark tax prosecution. Moderator: Joseph
Thibodeau, Joseph H. Thibodeau PC, Denver, CO;
Panelists: Dana J. Boente, Principal Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice,
Washington, DC; Harvey Silets, Katten Muchin
Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL; Paula M. Junghans, DLA
Piper Rudneick Gray Cary US LLP, Washington, DC.
