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Butler Snow LLP

Company Cooperation Leads to Criminal Discovery

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When a company discovers that a crime may have been committed by individuals within the company, or is alerted by the government of that possibility, the company will often hire an outside law firm to conduct an internal...more

White & Case LLP

Co-operation or Capitulation? – What the SFO Corporate Co-operation Guidance really means

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Is there a point at which co-operation becomes capitulation? Is there a danger inherent in co-operating without the guarantee of a favourable outcome for doing so?...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK SFO Releases Guidance on Corporate Cooperation Credit

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Guidance sets out the SFO’s expectations for investigations but leaves open questions, particularly for cross-border investigations. On 6 August 2019, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued its much-anticipated Corporate...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Battling Government Investigations Series – Cooperation and Voluntary Disclosure

It always comes when you least expect it – a government inquiry to investigate your business. While it may instill a sense of panic, there are steps you can take to make sure you’re in the best position possible when the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC Cooperation Leads to Waiver of Privilege

On December 5, 2017, a Florida federal magistrate judge ordered a law firm to turn over interview notes and memoranda from an internal investigation, finding that any applicable privilege had been waived when attorneys gave...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

KBR And Maintaining Privilege Throughout Investigations

Last month, for the second time, the D.C. Circuit in In re Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., No. 14-5319, slip op. (D.C. Cir. Aug. 11, 2015), granted a writ of mandamus sought by KBR and vacated a series of district court orders...more

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