Recently by R. Scott Thompson
Project: Corporate Counsel Part I (Unintended Consequences) - Law Firms Meeting The Unexpected With A Plan
Editor: Would you share with us your general reaction to the hypothetical on page 3? Thompson: Three things come to mind. The first is that general counsel should not permit himself to be driven by someone else's last minute deadline. The sense of urgency that the reporter injects into the...
Read MoreCorporate Internal Investigations In The 21st Century: Proceed With Caution
The internal investigation has become a well-accepted feature of the corporate legal landscape over the last 25 years. Building upon the Supreme Court's decision in Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383 (1981), courts accorded more and more protection to the corporation's lawyers in conducting...
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