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This guidebook covers the practical issues of attorney-client privilege in internal investigations. Any attorney who conducts an interview in an internal investigation faces a unique set of challenges, not least of which is the tension between representation of the corporate client and fair treatment of the corporate constituent. This book addresses some of the more complex questions associated with the attorney-client privilege.

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• Acknowledgments(p. v)
• About the Authors(p. vii)
• Chapter I Introduction(p. 1)
• Chapter II The Attorney-Client Privilege(p. 5)
• Introduction(p. 5)
• Relevant Principles Underlying the Attorney- Client Privilege(p. 6)
• What Is the Privilege(p. 7)
• Elements(p. 7)
• Formation of the Attorney-Client Relationship(p. 7)
• Application to the Corporate Context(p. 9)
• Duty of Confidentiality to Prospective Clients(p. 12)
• Elements(p. 12)
• Application to the Corporate Context(p. 12)
• Chapter III Upjohn and Its Impact on the Attorney-Client Privilege(p. 15)
• The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege Prior to Upjohn(p. 15)
• The Upjohn Decision(p. 16)
• Chapter IV Formalizing Witness Warnings(p. 19)
• Codification through the ABA Model Rules(p. 19)
• ABA Rule 1.13(f)(p. 19)
• ABA Rule 4.3(p. 21)
• The Relevance of the Model Rules to Upjohn Warnings(p. 22)
• Adoption of the Model Rules by Various Jurisdictions(p. 22)
• Illustrative Vost-Upjohn Cases(p. 22)
• Chapter V Current Witness Warning Practices(p. 27)
• Chapter VI Recommended Best Practices(p. 31)
• Suggested Witness Warning(p. 31)
• Recommended Procedures to Follow(p. 32)
• Counsel Interviewing Constituents(p. 32)
• Other Issues for Consideration(p. 33)
• Constituents Approaching Counsel(p. 33)
• Supplementing Oral Warnings(p. 33)
• "Do I need a lawyer?"(p. 34)
• "What is my status? Is there a conflict of interest?"(p. 34)
• Separate Counsel for Constituents(p. 34)
• "What if I refuse to cooperate in this investigation?"(p. 35)
• Third-Party Uses of Information(p. 35)
• Confidentiality of Communications Between Counsel and the Constituent(p. 35)
• Joint Representation of the Corporation and the Individual(p. 36)
• Appendixes
• Contents(p. 37)
• Selected rules and opinion
• Appendix A ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6(p. 39)
• Appendix B Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(p. 41)
• Appendix C Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.13(p. 45)
• Appendix D Model Rule of Professional Conduct 4.3(p. 49)
• Appendix E Model Rule of Professional Conduct Dr 7-104(p. 51)
• Appendix F California Rule of Professional Conduct 3-310(C)(p. 53 Appendix)
• Selected Memoranda
• Appendix H Memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Re: Bringing Criminal Charges Against Corporations (June 16, 1999)(p. 63)
• Appendix I Memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, Re: Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations (Jan. 20, 2003)(p. 79)
• Appendix J Memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, Re: Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations (Dec. 12, 2006)(p. 91)
• Appendix K United States Attorneys' Manual, Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations   9-28.000 (2010)(p. 113)
• Table of Cases(p. 123)
• Index(p. 127)