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About the Book
In the wake of highly publicized corporate shake-ups, internal investigations have gained national prominence and established themselves as an important tool of management. This trend offers stimulating and challenging opportunities to lawyers, both inside and outside counsel, retained to conduct internal investigations. However, this delicate and complex task carries potential traps and pitfalls for those involved.
Step-by-step guidance Internal Corporate Investigations, Third Edition, guides you through the steps necessary to conduct a proper and thorough legal investigation. Each chapter covers one aspect of conducting an investigation, clearly describing and advising you on the methods and skills involved, while providing you with practical tips on anticipating, recognizing, and avoiding the traps you are certain to encounter. In depth, this guide will help you:
Determine whether an internal investigation needs to take place
Conduct effective employee interviews
Organize and review documents pertinent to the internal investigation
Understand employees' rights throughout the investigation
Coordinate parallel criminal and civil proceedings that may arise in connection with or in response to the internal investigation
Decide whether and what to disclose to government agencies
Understand the context of specialized circumstances in internal investigations, including shareholder litigation, environmental actions, securities cases, and government contract investigations.
Reduce the risk for the company and yourself Conducting an internal investigation can pose a potential risk for your company and yourself. By following the guidelines set forth in this new book, you'll learn how to minimize those risks by:
Adhering to the guidelines of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine
Effectively and properly conducting witness interviews
Tactfully reporting the investigation to management by communicating the contents of the report to your client in a way that provides management with the fullest possible information, yet limits dissemination to the narrowest possible audience, and thus minimizes concerns such as leaks and defamation suits
Proven strategies, methods, techniques Internal Corporate Investigations is an indispensable guide for lawyers dealing with corporate investigations. It contains proven strategies, methods, and techniques used by seasoned practitioners to help you conduct an effective and efficient internal investigation.
What Others Have Said ...
"There has never been a more urgent need for lawyers to understand the importance of internal investigations and to master the intricacies of conducting them. This book shows you how to do it."
Ben W. Heineman, Jr. Senior Counsel, WilmerHale former Vice-President/General Counsel, General Electric Company
