Former in-house attorney for General Electric, Adriana Koeck, hasn't been accused of keeping a blog while working for the business giant. But she does stand accused of leaking sensitive — and, um, legally confidential — documents to a reporter. The New York Times' David Cay Johnston, who retired April 11 and now writes for Tax Notes International, is said to have benefitted from Koeck's information generosity, publishing a story for his new employer about an alleged tax fraud scheme at a GE subsidiary in Brazil. Naturally, GE isn't very pleased about the article's allegations — which have been picked up in Brazil but not very much in the U.S. — or how it came to be.

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