TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNeil,Barry F.
AU  - Brian,Brad D.
ED  - American Bar Association.
TI  - Internal corporate investigations
SN  - 9781590319154 (pbk.)
AV  - KF 1416 .I573 2007
U1  - 345.73/0268 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
KW  - Corporation law
KW  - United States
KW  - Criminal provisions
KW  - Local
KW  - Governmental investigations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1; Overview: Initiating an Internal Investigation and Assembling the Investigative Team; 1 --; A; The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Its Aftermath; 3 --; B; The McNulty Memo of 2007: Cooperation, Waiver and Indemnification; 5 --; II; Different Types of Internal Investigations; 6 --; III; The Initial Meeting; 7 --; A; The Starting Point: Identifying the Client and Deciding Whether to Conduct an Investigation; 7 --; B; Defining the Scope of Internal Investigation; 9 --; C; Applying the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine; 10 --; D; Assembling the Investigative Team; 11 --; E; Agreeing to Lines of Reporting and Supervision; 12 --; F; Anticipating What Can Go Wrong; 13 --; IV; Preliminary Steps to Prepare for Government Investigations; 14 --; Chapter 2; Implications of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine; 17 --; II; Attorney-Client Privilege; 19 --; A; Definition of the Attorney-Client Privilege; 19 --; B; Elements of Attorney-Client Privilege; 21 --; C; Practical Problems of Employee Interviews; 36 --; III; Work Product Protection; 44 --; A; Work-Product Doctrine Defined; 44 --; B; Factual Versus Opinion Work Product; 46 --; C; Elements of the Work-Product Doctrine; 47 --; D; Overcoming the Qualified Immunity; 56 --; E; Protection of a Lawyer's Mental Impressions; 57 --; IV; Overcoming the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine; 60 --; A; Waiver; 60 --; B; The Crime/Fraud Exception; 78 --; C; Shareholder Litigation; 82 --; V; Effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Recent Securities Exchange Commission and Department of Justice Policies on the Attorney-Client Privilege; 86 --; Chapter 3; The Witness Interview Process; 93 --; II; Preparing for Witness Interviews; 95 --; A; Initial Concerns; 95 --; B; Key Principles; 98 --; C; Before the Interview; 100 --; III; Conducting the Interview; 102 --; A; Mechanics; 102 --; B; Warnings to Witnesses and the Attorney-Client Privilege; 103; C; Conducting the Interview; 107 --; IV; Making a Record of the Interview; 108 --; A; Sarbanes-Oxley and the Responsibilities of Counsel; 111 --; B; Obstruction of Justice; 112 --; C; Other Typical Problems That Arise during Witness Interviews; 114 --; Chapter 4; Perjury and Obstruction of Justice; 117 --; II; Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; 118 --; A; Perjury Under [section] 1621: Essential Elements; 119 --; B; Burden of Proof and the Two Witness Rule; 121 --; C; True Answers and Ambiguous Questions; 122 --; D; Perjury Under [section] 1623: Differences; 124 --; E; Subornation of Perjury; 126 --; III; Obstruction of Justice; 130 --; A; False Statements; 131 --; B; Witness Tampering; 135 --; C; Document Destruction; 140 --; Chapter 5; Gathering and Organizing Relevant Documents: An Essential Task in Any Investigation; 147 --; II; Organization and Planning; 150 --; A; Initial Dialogue with Management; 150 --; B; Document Retention and Preservation; 152 --; C; The Investigating Team; 152 --; D; Initial On-Site Inspection; 153 --; III; Document Gathering; 153 --; A; Ensuring Comprehensiveness; 153 --; B; Ensuring Integrity and Control; 154 --; C; Electronic Document Gathering; 155 --; IV; Document Processing; 156 --; B; Numbering; 157 --; C; Copies; 157 --; E; Indexing and Coding; 159; Microfiche; [Buffalo, NY]; W.S. Hein Co; [1993- ]; microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm; American Bar Association archive publications
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