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The Perils of Confidentiality Agreements

The tidal wave of corporate scandals reminds us that the most popular and perhaps viable response for the corporation under siege remains cooperation with government investigators. Reports of disclosure of internal company investigations and documents have come pouring out of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and many others. When corporations divulge potentially privileged materials to the government, concerns about whether such disclosure results in the waiver of the company's attorney-client privilege and the loss of its work product protection inevitably follow.

24 minute read August 18, 2003 at 11:08 AM
By
Robert Plotkin
The Perils of Confidentiality Agreements

The tidal wave of corporate scandals reminds us that the most popular and perhaps viable response for the corporation under siege remains cooperation with government investigators. Reports of disclosure of internal company investigations and documents have come pouring out of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and many others.

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