When leading an internal investigation, you must be prepared to justify who and what you believe. Learn when to hire outside, how to structure internal interviews, and the components of the credibility evaluation pyramid, so you can assess with confidence.
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For a corporation facing the cross-border discovery challenge of collecting information from its foreign offices, there is no easy solution. This article offers some tips: Technology- assisted review and digital rights management technology can facilitate negotiations with local data protection authorities.
Another process server. Someone else is suing your company. How tiresome. Let's see the complaint. Wait -isn't that our counsel who appears to be the plaintiff's counsel? Is that possible? Is it ethical? Here comes the head of litigation trotting in with their retainer letter-containing an advance waiver. Now you remember. The law firm did discuss this with you. But the question remains: Is it enforceable?
ACC's comments to the Standing Committee examining changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence regarding proposed amendments to Rule 502 on limited waiver.
STATEMENT OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KAREN J. MATHIS
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007
Re: INTRODUCTION IN U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE PROTECTION ACT OF 2007
This is a sample non-circumvention and non-disclosure agreement between two companies.