FIFA Indictments and the Notion of Global Compliance
In an article by Joel Schectman for the Wall Street Journal and its “Morning Risk Report,” Jack Sharman is interviewed about the idea of a...
Why Innocent People Plead Guilty: Judge Rakoff, Eddie Coyle, Albert Camus and Sweet Dreams of Oppression
If they give awards for “Best White-Collar Article of The Year,” I wish to nominate one. And it’s not even, strictly speaking, an article only...
Get Out of Jail Free? Not Without The Attorney-Client Privilege
We have talked about attorney-client privilege, internal investigations and the GM ignition recall: Privilege, Corporate Silence and Saul Goodman, How To Avoid Being GM’ed: The Wrongs...
Of Snitches and Privileges
White-collar writer Walt Pavlo of @Forbes and 500 Pearl Street quotes us this morning in his insightful @Forbes article about the attorney-client privilege. In particular: Federal...
Privilege, Corporate Silence and Saul Goodman
We are past Labor Day, and just as well. Marked by the GM internal-investigation report’s criticism of some of the company’s internal lawyers, the summer...
Dear Colleagues All: University Discipline, Sexual Assault and The Department of Education
Title IX. Crime. Sexual assault. University disciplinary procedures. Civil litigation. Enormous amounts of money. The Fifth Amendment. And that’s all before you hire a lawyer....
How To Avoid Being GM’ed: The Wrongs and Rights of Clients and Lawyers
The GM internal-investigation report about ignition-switch problems raises a host of issues, one of which is its unusually sharp criticism of GM internal lawyers. Criticism...
“Isn’t pretty much everyone you represent a criminal? Why use tax money for that?” | An Interview With Federal Public Defender Kevin Butler
We took a few minutes and sat down with Kevin Butler, the Federal Public Defender in the Northern District of Alabama. Before he was appointed...
Board Room, Bored Room and the Existential Horror of Styrofoam Coffee Cups: 13 Ways to Avoid Waiving Privilege in Corporate Meetings
This discussion by Mark Herrmann at Above The Law — Law Firm Meetings Vs. Corporate Meetings, Meetings, Meeting, And Meetings! — is a wonderful set-piece about meetings. ...
For Corporate Counsel || Stalking Horses, Pitchfork Crowds, Narrow Neckties, Mr. Rogers’s Slippers and Indicted Employees: 6 Steps To Dodge Being Deweyed
You may (or may not) recall the Boy Scout Law: “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, friendly, brave, clean and...