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Conducting Privileged Internal Investigation

The communication must be confidential and for the purpose of rendering legal advice. It sounds simple, but there are numerous […]

Getting Real With Sexual Harassment Training

Two Supreme Court decisions gave many legal departments the idea that if you cover the base with something you can tell a court was “sexual harassment  training,” you might get off the liability hook…

Corruption Due Diligence For Domestic Acquisitions

Due diligence for bribery and corruption is routine for cross-border transactions. According to a forensic accountant writing in the FCPA […]

FCC Poised To Open the Floodgates

The recent change in presidential administrations may bring about a corresponding change in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, […]

Acting CFPB Chief Won’t Fire The Woman Who’s Suing Him

Mick Mulvaney, acting chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said he won’t fire Leandra English, the deputy director who […]

Time Warner Invokes Net Neutrality Repeal To Fight Lawsuit

Charter Communications and its Time Warner Cable subsidiary are fighting a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, […]

Fraud Lawsuit Hits Equifax, On Its Home Turf

A class action alleges that fraud stemming from the Equifax breach has already begun. The lawsuit – filed in federal […]

Former Execs, Fingered By SEC, Challenge Company’s Privilege Claim

The underlying case, made in the SEC’s complaint filed early this year, “rises from the unlawful concealment of the manipulation […]

Weinstein’s Israeli Sleuths Also Do Corporate Work

Black Cube, the Israeli security firm whose work for Harvey Weinstein included investigating personal and sexual lives of some of […]

Court Oks Privilege For Non-Attorney Emails

A recent opinion from the Northern District of Illinois sided with defendant Experian, in a case where a plaintiff wanted […]

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