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2004 e-Discovery Rulings Recap
The courts in 2004 issued a plethora of important rulings on e-discovery, most of which were not good for businesses. The rulings generally require companies to make greater efforts to protect potentially discoverable records, allow these records to be more easily obtained through discovery, and restrict the format in which these records must be produced.
Several of the year's most important court decisions concerned the use of records-retention policies in the face of potential lawsuits. The traditional rule was that a company that reasonably expects to be involved in a litigation could nevertheless allow records relating to that potential litigation to be destroyed pursuant to a properly adopted records-retention policy. See, Stevenson v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., 354 F. 3d 739 (8th Cir. 2004); Thompson v. HUD, 219 F.R.D. 93 (D. Md. 2003).
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.