Vexed Judge Denies Eaton Corp.'s Fight to Redact Worker Reviews

Eaton Corp. can’t disturb a district court decision compelling it to turn over some employee performance reviews as part of a tax audit.

Judge James S. Gwin denied the company’s motion to amend a judgment from last month that required the disclosures of the performance reviews of Irish employees as a part of an IRS audit.

The company asked the court for a line-by-line redaction for any material not relevant to the IRS audit, but Gwin said that wasn’t necessary as none of the information appears to be damaging or contains sensitive information.

“Eaton asks the Court to act like ...