The American Bar Association's House of Delegates last week passed a resolution opposing the U.S. Justice Department's "Thompson Memorandum" guidelines. The ABA stated that it opposes government policies that have the effect of "eroding" the legal rights of employees, specifically criticizing the government's consideration of whether a company provided counsel or legal fees to an employee in evaluating corporate cooperation with its investigations.
August 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The American Bar Association continues to assail federal prosecutors for taking what it regards as an overly aggressive approach to the investigation of corporate crime.
Last week, the group’s House of Delegates, meeting in Honolulu, passed a resolution — a joint proposal with the New York State Bar Association — opposing the U.S. Justice Department guidelines that many lawyers say have the effect of discouraging the payment of legal fees by companies to employees targeted in such probes.
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