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The Attorney-Client Privilege: Beware of Pitfalls with Use of In-House Counsel

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The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the common law privileges for withholding confidential communications recognized in American jurisprudence. It allows a person to seek legal advice and representation without...more

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Why Your Data is Key to Reducing Risk and Increasing Efficiency During Investigations and Litigation

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Handling large volumes of data during an investigation or litigation can be anxiety-inducing for legal teams. Corporate datasets can become a minefield of sensitive, privileged, and proprietary information that legal teams...more

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DOJ 'Invigorates' Efforts to Combat Corporate and White Collar Crimes

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The Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, has expressed that one of its top priorities in corporate criminal matters is “to prosecute the individuals who commit...more

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For Hybrid Business-Legal Communications, Privilege Depends On The “Primary Purpose”

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In this order from Buckley LLP v. Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Co. NC LLC, Chief Judge Bledsoe dealt with dueling motions to compel. Both sides claimed that their hybrid business-legal communications were privileged. After an...more

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New California Law Extends Defamation Privilege to Communications Related to Sexual Harassment Claims and Investigations

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law A.B. 2770, creating new protections for employers, witnesses, and complainants from defamation lawsuits related to making, assisting, or discussing good-faith sexual...more

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SFO v ENRC privilege ruling internal investigations

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Enforcement authorities (both criminal and regulatory) have been taking an increasingly combative approach to claims to legal professional privilege in recent years. In Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources...more

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Investigations: notes of employee interviews not privileged

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Lawyers' notes of interviews with a bank's employees conducted as part of two investigations were not privileged since the employees were not the "client" and the notes were not lawyers' working papers, according to the...more

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