Sniping Down Ignorance Claims: The Third Circuit in United States v. Stadmauer
Upholds Willful Blindness Instructions in Criminal Tax Cases, Rachel E. Zuraw, Villanova Law Review, Vol.
Also in 2015, the SCC issued Guindon v. Canada, which
upheld a penalty imposed on Julie Guindon pursuant to s. 163.2 of the Income Tax Act for providing «flawed and misleading» advice to her clients, advice which was «indicative either of complete disregard of the law and whether it was complied with or not or of
willful blindness.»