Track 2: The New Realities of Cross-Border Internal Investigations: The Interplay of Foreign Privacy and Labor Laws, Privilege, Governance Issues and Budget Constraints
Lisa Miller
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Sarah Coyne
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
William (Widge) Devaney
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Kunal Gupta
Partner
Trilegal (India)
Andrew Levine
Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- When to involve outside counsel and foreign advisors
- When and when not to investigate new or peripheral red flags
- Deciding if the internal investigation findings should be reported to the company’s board of directors, audit committee, and to U.S. and/or international agencies
- Managing the impact of foreign labor and privacy laws on the scope of internal investigations
- Budgetary impacts of cross-border investigations
- Avoiding inadvertent waivers of privilege — and considering the scope and limits of privilege protections in other jurisdictions