Investigations, Confidential Communications

Privilege And Iniquity, Whistleblowing Reports, Discrimination As A Repudiatory Breach And A News Round-Up

BCLP on 8/28/2025

Our employment law update for August covers a case about the iniquity exception to legal privilege, a whistleblowing case involving a long-delayed judgment and third party reports, and a case on whether discriminatory actions...more

Safeguarding Privilege Between Counsel and Investigations and Crisis Communications Consultants

StoneTurn on 8/7/2025

When a corporate crisis hits, attorneys often bring in investigators and PR consultants to uncover facts and manage reputational risk. But without the right structure, those critical communications may not be protected by...more

EU Whistleblower Protection Directive – Update Coming December 17, 2023

NAVEX on 9/27/2023

Following the introduction of the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive on December 21, 2021, EU member states and institutions have been working diligently to incorporate the regulations into their existing national laws....more

Whistleblowing Success – Key Actions An Organization Can Implement

StoneTurn on 7/13/2023

With the rollout of the EU Directive and relevant local regulations in the member states for the Protection of Whistleblowers, and more recently, the UK government’s announcement of a ‘failure to prevent’ fraud offence,...more

New York Ruling Could Significantly Impact Disclosure of Communications Between Insurer and Counsel

Cozen O'Connor on 10/29/2019

A recent decision from one of New York’s trial courts of general jurisdiction could have a chilling effect on written communications between an insurer and its retained counsel during a claim investigation. In Otsuka...more

SEC Seeks Increased Access to Email

The Volkov Law Group on 9/22/2015

Jacqui Merrill, an Associate at The Volkov Law Group, joins us with a posting on the SEC’s request for increased access to emails. In a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting held on September 16, 2015, Securities and...more