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Internal investigations documents seised in lawful law firm raid

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The much publicised raid of U.S. law firm Jones Day’s Munich office and the seizure of documents relating to VW’s internal investigation by prosecutors in an investigation of Audi AG were legal, according to German courts. A...more

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Cross-border Investigations: When Are Documents Developed in the Course of an Internal Investigation Protected by Legal Privilege?

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Introduction - A recent decision by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) (“FCC”) has renewed important questions with respect to legal privilege, its varied conceptual and practical scopes and...more

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A closer look: Germany - Landmark decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court on legal privilege in internal...

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The concept of legal privilege between a lawyer and his client is not recognised in the same way under German law as it is in common law jurisdictions. In particular, the jurisprudence of the German courts has until now...more

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Expanded Protections for Documents Developed in the Course of Internal Investigations and Located at the Client’s Business...

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A ruling by the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Braunschweig published late last year has strengthened the protections of confidential information gained or developed in the course of internal investigations....more

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