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Cross-Border Investigations: Balancing Cooperation With Legal Privilege

October 1, 2018

Partner Ben Singer authored this article in Global Investigations Review concerning cross-border investigations and how two new high-profile decisions are raising new questions for companies under investigation. 

“In the past few years, authorities in foreign jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and Germany… have aggressively pursued materials gathered or created by outside counsel during internal investigations that would be privileged under US law, creating potential tension with the DOJ in cross-border investigations,” the article states. 

Click here to read the full article from Global Investigations Review.