A brief arguing that the relationship between in-house counsel and their corporate clients/employers should be treated the same as any attorney-client relationship.
Motion for leave to file brief and attached brief that analyzes the issue of the disclosure of preliminary merger negotiations in the broader context of contingent and inchoate information general and discusses the difficult practical problems that disclosure of such information poses for corporate counsel and management. In addition, the brief argues against the expansion of class action damages liability.
ACC's support letter to the US Senate concerning FRE 502
ACC Comment Letter
The purpose of this memorandum is to present a series of principles for drafting provisions pertaining to the use of monitors in connection with deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements (hereafter referred to collectively as "agreements") with corporations.
Written Testimony of Andrew Weissmann, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, & Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, "The McNulty Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel in Corporate Investigations"
Testimony of Andrew Weissmann, Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Regarding The Thompson Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel in Corporate Investigations Tuesday, September 12, 2006
This case deals with the issue of employer email policies. Additionally, the case states that employees cannot expect that their communications won't be monitored. This essentially negates the ability of the employee to argue that the privilege should apply to emails that were sent between him and his own personal lawyer.
Morrison has been held to no more onerous requirements for
admission to the North Carolina bar than any citizen of North Carolina. Simply because he practiced in California, a state not having reciprocity with North Carolina, for four of the last six years, does not mean that his constitutional rights have been violated. He does not
meet the requirements of the North Carolina Board of Bar Examiners
Rule .0502(3), a valid rule. Thus, he must seek an alternative method
of gaining admission, such as taking the bar exam, as do all the other
North Carolina lawyers similarly situated. We are of opinion and hold
that Rule .0502(3) is valid.
A decision in this Federal Circuit case will resolve issues concerning the construction of patent claims and the use of dictionaries. The decision will have a direct bearing on ACC's members as it will affect many of their clients' businesses, investments and litigation decisions concerning patents. ACC's Intellectual Property Law Committee recommended filing this brief that was drafted with the assistance of committee sponsor, Kilpatrick Stockton.