You have word plaintiff's counsel has engaged in unethical conduct. Can you report this to the disciplinary authories? Are you required to do so? Learn a little more about Rule 8.3 and 1.6 and become better informed about the proper steps to take in similar circumstances.
In this ACC guide, explore suggestions on assisting your legal and non-legal staff in their efforts to protect the company's attorney-client and work product privileges under US law. Learn about attorney-client privilege, attorney work-product privilege, the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and general tips.
Discusses how a CCO's task of implementing a new compliance and ethics program is like a cabinetmaker in that the program must fit seamlessly into the constantly shifting gaps in the corporate framework that they are supposed to fill.
This article describes how to analyze legal risk.
Our first wave of subpoenas has gone out, with several served on nonparty competitors. And the first response... is a threat to impose sanctions and costs on us? But we have a right to discovery of relevant information! How can we be made to pay for their costs and attorneys' fees? Let me see: Cost-shifting is what they call it -- and we may find ourselves on the wrong side of this issue.
This article details why it is vital that those engaged in building ethics and compliance programs take deliberate steps to induce ethics-related actions to leverage the power of ethical leadership at all levels in their organization.
This article discusses the importance and specifics of international SOX compliance.
This article provides an example-based discussion on whether an analysis on preventative legal analysis of future potential claims is protected by the work-product doctrine. Learn to determine if the document will be considered work-product in anticipation of litigation and protected by privilege.
A strong and effective compliance program can be crucial to persuading the prosecutor that your company does not deserve prosecution. If your program is like most programs, the prosecutor is likely to treat it skeptically. Most compliance programs are designed to help prevent an attack, not to help defend the company when authorities raid the company. This article will show you how to strengthen your compliance program against that day.