Can Internal Investigations be Kept from Shareholders?

April 24, 2012

Though internal investigations conducted by in-house counsel or an outside law firm are usually protected by attorney-client privelege, shareholders have been permitted to obtain privileged information when a "fiduciary exception" can be established. This article examines the tension between a company's need for confidentiality and shareholders' right of of access as exlempified in a recent case involving the computer giant HP.

Attorneys

Jonathan S. Sack