Mealey's (October 5, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A ruling by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the attorney-client privilege does not apply to a law firm’s client list will stand, as the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 4 denied a petition for certiorari by a law firm that had attempted to quash a summons for such information from the Internal Revenue Service....