In Re Grand Jury
The court’s first case will be one of mystery. This case is actually listed on the SCOTUS website Day Call sheet as No. 21-1397 – In RE Grand Jury gives little information on the case to the public. According to The Hill, “the case arose when a tax firm declined to produce certain documents demanded by a grand jury subpoena issued during a criminal tax investigation into the firm’s unnamed client.” The Justices will hear the case in an attempt to decide if the firm can withhold “duel-purpose” communications” – those intertwined with legal and non-legal advice – after lower appellate courts were split on if legal advice must be the “primary or a significant purpose” justifying whether or not attorney-client privilege could apply.
The federal government has already mentioned that depending on the court’s arguments they may shield documents on accounting and business development that didn’t have a compelling justification for being public.
