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Bad Faith Allegations Versus an Insurer's Attorney-Client Privilege
November 22, 2010
This article addresses conflicting court decisions on the extent to which an insured's allegations of insurer bad faith eviscerate the insurer's attorney-client privilege.
Business Crimes Hotline
October 28, 2010
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
In the Courts
October 28, 2010
Analysis of recent key rulings.
The UK's Impending Power Play and Why It Matters to You
October 28, 2010
Over the past several years, the United Kingdom has been flexing its muscles in the global anti-corruption arena with the imposition of large penalties against companies involved in foreign-bribery offenses, focusing on individual accountability for corporate officials, close coordination with U.S. prosecutors in parallel investigations, and enforcement tools such as self-disclosures, settlements and negotiated plea agreements.
Child Pornography on Workplace Computers
October 28, 2010
What are the implications of having child pornography on the premises? In businesses, child pornography generally is discovered by IT personnel. Or, if a corporation undergoes an unrelated internal investigation in which all computers, hard drives, e-mail servers, etc. are frozen and searched for responsive material, such a search can to lead to the discovery of child pornography stored on the corporation's server or on an individual's hard drive. What can/must/should be done as a result?
The Courts: Active Players in White-Collar Cases
October 28, 2010
In June, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Enron's former CEO Jeffrey Skilling did not commit "honest services" fraud, ruling that the statute under which he was convicted must be limited to bribery and kickback schemes to avoid constitutional concerns over vagueness. The decision should curtail prosecution of a variety of conduct that the government would otherwise seek to criminalize through the statute. In contrast, the courts are expanding the reach of other criminal statutes to encompass conduct previously regarded as outside their scope.
Business Crimes Hotline
September 30, 2010
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
In the Courts
September 30, 2010
Analysis of recent key rulings.
Ethics and the New Compliance Ethos
September 29, 2010
All who are involved with compliance programs as advisers and counselors must take heed of recent developments at the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Calling Witnesses Who Plan to Take the Fifth in Congress
September 29, 2010
Federal appellate courts have repeatedly made clear that it is not improper for a prosecutor to call and examine a witness in the grand jury knowing that the witness likely will decline to answer the questions based on the privilege against self-incrimination.

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