Internal investigations often examine some of the most sensitive issues and matters a company or organization faces. Conducting those investigations under privilege helps maintain the integrity of the investigation, and potentially avoids having these matters splashed across newspapers or in court filings. However, companies are also under pressure to cooperate with enforcement authorities, who seek to leverage the company’s internal investigation without regard to the consequences to the company’s privilege. Moreover, companies and organizations have increasingly been under pressure to share findings from investigations with the public to help address negative news stories and other similar issues. Yet such sharing can be in tension with protecting the privilege, and, if done without care, can lead to a complete waiver of privilege and more fulsome disclosures than were intended. In this one-hour webinar, Willkie attorneys Bill Stellmach, Andrew English, and Samantha Prince discuss key cases governing the scope of privilege during internal and government investigations, and provide best practices for maintaining the privilege over a company’s investigation.
Speakers: William Stellmach, Andrew English, and Samantha Prince
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This course is approved for 1.0 total credit in the following states:
NY 1.0 CLE Ethics/Professionalism (transitional) credit appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys
CA 1.0 MCLE Ethics credit
IL 1.0 MCLE Professional Responsibility
NJ 1.0 reciprocal Ethics/Professionalism credit
TX 1.0 MCLE Accredited Ethics credit
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