The Chicago Tribune yesterday followed up its earlier coverage (blogged here) of the Ballard and Kanter cases: Tax Court Findings Secretly Changed in at Least 5 Cases.  Here is the opening:

U.S. Tax Court judges secretly changed the findings of lower level trial judges in at least five cases over the past decade, including the previously reported 1999 ruling involving a high-profile Chicago tax attorney. The Tribune found the changes among 117 cases that were made public following inquiries by the newspaper.

The article extensively quotes Leandra Lederman (Indiana) and Julie Roin (Chicago).