Is this the end of the Attorney/Client Privilege and Internal Investigations: Has Barko Permanently Changed How Companies Should Proceed?

January 21, 2015 10:45am

Jennifer Morrison
Associate General Counsel
Booz Allen Hamilton

Gail D. Zirkelbach
Partner
Crowell & Moring

  • Impact of United States ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton and United States ex rel. Baklid-Kunz v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center
  • Interpreting the scope of the investigation: Was it conducted for a business purpose rather than for the purpose of obtaining legal advice
  • How to manage the investigation difference between investigators or attorneys who perform the investigation
  • Preserving the privilege future investigations
  • When is an attorney acting as an attorney
  • Government disclosure requirements and access by Government auditors and investigators to investigation results