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MICROSOFT CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY - 1 Case No.: 2:15-cv-00102 RSM
LAW OFFICES CALFO HARRIGAN LEYH & EAKES LLP
999 THIRD AVENUE, 44th FLOOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
TEL (206) 623-1700 FAX (206) 623-8717
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THE HONORABLE RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner, vs. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, et al., Respondents.
NO. 2:15-cv-00102 RSM MICROSOFT CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Defendant Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) respectfully submits a May 13, 2015
letter written by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch to IRS Commissioner
John Koskinen. In this letter, Senator Hatch raises concerns about the IRS’s hiring of attorneys
from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (“Quinn Emanuel”) to assist in the tax
examination of Microsoft because the hiring: “1) appears to violate federal law and the express
will of the Congress; 2) removes taxpayer protections by allowing the performance of
inherently governmental functions by private contractors; and 3) calls into question the IRS’s
use of its limited resources.”
Senator Hatch sent the letter to Commissioner Koskinen after Microsoft filed its Reply
In Support of Motion for Evidentiary Hearing. (Dkt. No. 43.) The letter is relevant to
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY - 2 Case No.: 2:15-cv-00102 RSM
LAW OFFICES CALFO HARRIGAN LEYH & EAKES LLP
999 THIRD AVENUE, 44th FLOOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
TEL (206) 623-1700 FAX (206) 623-8717
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Microsoft’s argument that the IRS summonses are in furtherance of an audit in which the IRS
is unlawfully deploying private lawyers from Quinn Emanuel. (Id. at 1 & n.1.)
DATED this 18th day of May, 2015.
CALFO HARRIGAN LEYH & EAKES LLP By s/ Patricia A. Eakes By s/ Andrea D. Ostrovsky Patricia A. Eakes, WSBA #18888 Andrea D. Ostrovsky, WSBA #37749
999 Third Avenue, Suite 4400 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 623-1700 Fax: (206) 623-8717 Email: [email protected] ̀ [email protected]
BAKER & McKENZIE LLP By s/ Daniel A. Rosen Daniel A. Rosen, Pro Hac Vice
452 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 626-4272 Fax: (212) 310-1600 Email: [email protected]
BAKER & McKENZIE LLP By s/ James M. O’Brien James M. O’Brien, Pro Hac Vice
300 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 5000 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 861-8602 Fax: (312) 861-2899 Email: james.m.o’[email protected]
Attorneys for Respondent / Intervenor Microsoft Corporation
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY - 3 Case No.: 2:15-cv-00102 RSM
LAW OFFICES CALFO HARRIGAN LEYH & EAKES LLP
999 THIRD AVENUE, 44th FLOOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
TEL (206) 623-1700 FAX (206) 623-8717
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on May 18, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk
of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the
following: Amy Matchison, Jeremy N. Henson, Noreene C. Stehlik and the U.S. Department
of Justice; Daniel A. Rosen, James M. O’Brien and Baker & McKenzie LLP; Robert B.
Mitchell, Hugh Frederick Bangasser and K&L Gates LLP; George E. Greer and Orrick
Herrington & Sutcliffe; Stephen M. Rummage and Davis Wright Tremaine, and I hereby
certify that I have mailed by United States Postal Service the document to the following non
CM/ECF participants: N/A.
s/ D. Yvette Chambers D. Yvette Chambers
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