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Internal Investigations Freedom of Information Act

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] Lighting the Way: 2021 Ediscovery Trends & Everlaw’s 2022 Predictions - January 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Last year was a time of change and disruption. The legal ecosystem has been impacted dramatically by legal professionals shifting to hybrid and remote working environments. As a result, adopting cloud-based solutions like...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

After Investigation Finds ‘Mismanagement’ UT Austin Suspends PI, Repays NSF $1.3M

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - A University of Texas at Austin principal investigator (PI) who, in the words of the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG), “generally...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] Email Investigation Best Practices: What We’ve Learned From Recent FOIA Releases - July 23rd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

The smoking gun isn’t a gun anymore; it’s an email, text or instant message. This interactive session will focus on strategies and best practices around email investigations illustrated with real documents obtained through...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

Proskauer Joins Heads of SEC & OSHA Whistleblower Programs in Webinar

On September 27, 2016, Proskauer Partner Steven J. Pearlman, co-head of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation Practice Group, participated in a Bloomberg webinar with Jane Norberg, Acting Chief of the SEC Office of the...more

Franczek P.C.

Internal Investigative Reports That Lead to Discipline Are Not Exempt Adjudicatory Records under FOIA

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An Illinois Appellate Court has further limited the public records that a public body can withhold from disclosure under Section 7(1)(n) of the Freedom of Information Act, which exempts “records relating to a public body’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Cooperation, the SEC and FOIA

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A critical part of cooperating with an SEC or DOJ investigation for FCPA or other possible violations is the production of documents. In order for the company to assess what happened it must conduct an internal investigation...more

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Board Overrules Longstanding Protections Against Disclosure of Witness Statements

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Since 1978, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has treated witness statements as exempt from an employer’s general duty to furnish information to unions under Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Don’t Make Promises That You Cannot Keep: Greenwich Silver Shield Association v. Town of Greenwich, the FOIA and Discrimination...

Investigations in the public sector confront the competing demands of employee privacy rights and the public’s “right to know” under the Freedom of Information Act [“FOIA”]. Another decision by the Freedom of Information...more

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