Evidence, Attorney-Client Privilege, UK

Watch What You Write: Communications on Personal Devices Could Be Disclosable in Litigation

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/7/2021

The location of the data is not sufficient to avoid a disclosure order. When it comes to personal devices, people increasingly communicate across multiple platforms, often in an informal and unguarded manner. ...more

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/30/2019

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

Protection for Investigation Materials Remains in the Eye of the Beholder

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 11/13/2017

One of the most problematic questions facing companies simultaneously undergoing a review by external counsel and responding to a government inquiry is whether the information shared with or created by counsel will be...more

The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2016: United Kingdom: handling internal investigations

WilmerHale on 7/13/2016

With so much potentially at stake, the initial steps and strategic decisions taken in any company investigation are critical to setting the tone for a focused, credible and effective inquiry. This is paramount not only for...more

United Kingdom: handling internal investigations

WilmerHale on 8/25/2015