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Whistleblower Complaints Normally Do Not Deserve Privilege Protection

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Many if not most corporate and other institutions have established whistleblower "hotlines" or otherwise encouraged whistleblowers to come forward with complaints. Depending on the complaint, work product protection...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

UK Court of Appeal Extends Privilege in Internal Investigations

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Brief Comments on The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006....more

Baker Donelson

Whistleblower General Counsel Prevails Through Use Of Attorney-Client Privileged Information

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In a seminal trial court decision, the federal court in the Northern District of California ruled in a whistleblower retaliation case that a fired general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories could use as evidence otherwise...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Will In-House Attorneys Reach for their Whistles?

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The news is full of stories about whistleblowers collecting millions from their former employers. Surely at least a few in-house lawyers fantasize about that kind of payday. After all, who knows better than an in-house...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Revenge of the Whistle-blower: Possible Consequences of Compliance Failures

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In a company with a robust compliance culture, potential whistleblowers can express their concerns without fear of retribution. By contrast, the penalty for a culture that silences whistleblowers just got steeper. Companies...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Despite Privilege, GC May Pursue Whistleblower Retaliation Suit under SOX and Dodd–Frank

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California’s USDC–ND ruled that Bio-Rad Laboratories’ former General Counsel may use privileged communications to prove his retaliatory-discharge case prosecuted under Sarbanes–Oxley and Dodd–Frank’s whistleblower...more

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