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Internal Investigations Privileged Documents

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Structuring Investigations In Light Of UK Privilege Case

The English Court of Appeal's much - anticipated decision on legal professional privilege in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd. contains mixed news for companies conducting...more

A&O Shearman

Employee litigation and waiver of privilege over internal investigation report

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Documents created during an internal corporate investigation were protected by litigation privilege. Although the documents, including an internal investigation report, were also used during an employee disciplinary process,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Courts Issue Guidance for Litigation-Privileged Documents During Regulatory Investigations

Certain incidents at a worksite or industrial facility may trigger statutory reporting or investigative requirements. Companies may also want to conduct their own litigation-privileged internal investigation of the same...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

D.C. Circuit Once Again Upholds Privilege Over Internal Investigation Documents

In United States ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton Co. et al., a qui tam suit we previously covered, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals once again ruled that defense contractor KBR Inc.’s internal investigation...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Is an Internal Investigation Privileged?

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An internal investigation into whistleblower allegations was privileged, thus protected from disclosure, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench recently held in Talisman Energy Inc v Flo-Dynamics Systems Inc, 2015 ABQB 561...more

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