He said the taoiseach should have the same privilege as if he were a party in the High Court, litigationprivilege over the advice was sought in response to an allegation, and legal privilege over all the correspondence.
An attorney for Mr. Marsch confirmed that at one point Mr. Marsch did hire Mr. Minkow's firm to obtain information about wrongdoing at the company, but also said that the findings detailed in Mr. Minkow's report were protected speech covered by a litigationprivilege, and that Lennar's libel suit was frivolous.
Having lawyers hire accountants can bootstrap attorney-client privilege to accountant communications, which makes sense where tax litigation is imminent or might involve an IRS criminal matter.