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Access points: how to respond to raids by UK investigating authorities

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Following recent media reports of raids conducted by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) - including at domestic residences - as part of a Covid-linked fraud investigation, and visits by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to...more

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Corporate Privilege Rights in a “Taint Team” Era

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A recent opinion from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) found that the federal prosecutors demonstrated a “callous disregard” for a corporate litigant’s attorney-client and work-product privileged...more

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Help! The Government Seized My Privileged Documents! What a Recent Fifth Circuit Case Says About How to Respond

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Consider what would happen if government agents executed a search warrant at your business and collected hundreds of emails between employees and outside counsel. What would you do? ...more

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Federal Prosecutors’ Use of Filter Team to Conduct Search of Law Firm Documents

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The Fourth Circuit joined the fast-growing club of federal courts objecting to federal prosecutors and agents reliance on so-called “filter-team” procedures to review documents seized from a law firm that may contain...more

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The Attorney-Client Privilege Is Worth Fighting For

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A recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (one among the 13 appeals courts of the U.S. federal court system) underscores the importance of the attorney-client privilege. In a case titled In re:...more

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Contrary To What FINRA Believes, Rule 8210 Is Not A Search Warrant

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I have been waiting for a while to write about this issue, since it arose in an Enforcement case I handled for a client, and I wanted the matter to run its full course at FINRA before I started throwing stones. Sadly, there...more

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K&L Gates Triage: When the Feds Come Knocking on Your Door

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In this episode, Michael McKay and Carla DewBerry discuss the practical implications of responding to an investigative inquiry by governmental officials. In particular, entities that find themselves as the subject of a...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Cohen Search Warrants – DOJ Procedures for Approval

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With all the recent hoopla and commentary on the Michael Cohen criminal investigation and the execution of search warrants against Cohen, it is important to focus on what is true, what is exaggerated and what is outright...more

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People v McElfresh

Application For Leave To File Amicus Curiae Brief And Brief Of Amici National Cannabis Bar Association Et Al. In Support Of...

One of the ways that our Association engages in advocacy on behalf of the legal profession is through amicus briefs. One of our members, Jessica McElfresh, was charged, along with a client, of various felonies under...more

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What To Do When You Are Served With a Search Warrant

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In recent years, state and federal law enforcement agencies continue to increase their investigation and prosecution of white collar crime, particularly relating to the securities and healthcare industries. The search warrant...more

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