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In the last several months, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been issuing increasingly ominous warnings to companies and executives about the consequences of not preserving ephemeral messaging and...more
Nonprofits and associations commonly receive subpoenas. Though it can be stressful to receive one, engaging in appropriate due diligence can help an organization effectively manage its response....more
In Rullan v. Goden, 2024 WL 1191600 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2024), the Hon. J. Mark Coulson construed a Fed.R.Civ.P. 45 motion to quash or modify a subpoena, which would have been heard in New York, as a Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c) motion...more
Receiving a document subpoena from the DOJ, the SEC, or any other US regulatory authority is a stressful and unpleasant situation. Things may seem even more stressful and complicated if you are a foreign national or company...more
A federal court in Kansas recently granted Defendant Sandvik Mining and Construction’s motion to quash a deposition subpoena of its in-house counsel. Roadbuilders Machinery and Supply Co., Inc. v. Sandvik Mining and...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 9, 2023, in the In re Grand Jury case. Despite the nondescript title, the stakes in the case are stratospheric for the future of the attorney-client privilege....more
On January 10, 2023, the SEC filed a subpoena enforcement action against Covington, a large law firm that was victimized by the so-called Hafnium cyberattack by Chinese state actors. Hafnium reportedly was engaged in...more
The firm petitioned the Supreme Court for review, asserting a three-way split between the Ninth Circuit (which it described as applying a primary purpose standard), the D.C. Circuit (described as applying its preferred...more
Takeaway: The Supreme Court is expected to clarify the question of whether attorney-client privilege applies in “dual-purpose” communications in situations where law firms provide clients with both legal and non-legal advice....more
For the first time since its 1981 opinion in United States v. Upjohn, the United States Supreme Court, in a review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in In re Grand Jury, will examine the scope of the attorney-client privilege...more
Federal criminal cases can broadly be divided into four phases: (i) the government’s investigation, (ii) grand jury proceedings, (iii) pretrial practice, and (iv) trial. The empanelment of a grand jury is a critical juncture,...more
American Bar Association Model Rule 2.1 and its state law equivalents recognize that in advising a client, a lawyer may take into account and refer to "moral, economic, social and political factors that may be relevant to the...more
In a high-profile dispute between federal prosecutors and the Los Angeles Angels relating to criminal charges filed in the aftermath of a tragic overdose and death of an Angels pitcher, the government went on the offensive...more
Google recently suffered a blow in its ongoing National Labor Relations Board litigation, when an Administrative Law Judge appointed to rule on a discovery dispute ordered the Silicon Valley company to turn over the lion’s...more
As the nation’s chief domestic investigative agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has substantial authority to collect information through a variety of different means. This includes utilizing subpoenas to compel...more
As a general proposition, a client's identity is not protected by the attorney-client privilege and is therefore subject to subpoena. When, however, disclosure of the client's identity necessarily discloses the substance of...more
In a January 14, 2020, order, the Northern District of Illinois granted in part and denied in part, a plaintiff’s motion to compel the production of documents withheld as privileged. The court found that an email between the...more
On September 5th, the Panel of the Mexican Economic Competition Commission (“Cofece”) met to decide whether to approve new regulations on client-attorney rights and privileges in antitrust proceedings (“Regulations”)....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had broad examination authority to determine the correct amount of tax owed by taxpayers. In addition to seeking information directly from a taxpayer, the IRS is also authorized to seek...more
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
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
At this year’s Ward and Smith In-House Counsel Seminar, two of the firm’s white collar defense attorneys walked the attendees through a role-playing exercise designed to help them understand key nuances and risks that...more
This is a significant decision, given how often non-U.S. clients entrust U.S. law firms with their documents. On July 10, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that law firm Cravath need not divulge...more
House Passes Resolution to Expand Congressional Subpoena Power and Demand Extraordinary Compliance from its Targets - Yesterday, the House passed a bill that could expand Congress’s investigative authority and...more
The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more