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Cross-Border Internal Investigations: Online Seminar with Frank Wohl and Gabi Friedman

News and Insights

Cross-Border Internal Investigations: Online Seminar with Frank Wohl and Gabi Friedman

EventMay 27, 2021Lawline.com

On May 27, 2021, LSW partners Frank Wohl and Gabrielle Friedman  were pleased to present a CLE seminar on strategic and ethical issues in cross-border investigations, designed for in-house counsel and outside  attorneys for corporations and individuals.

The program focuses on the ethical duties and unique strategic considerations that arise in cross-border corporate investigations of conduct that occurred partly or entirely outside the United States. Noting the steady increase in international investigations due to a globalizing economy, Frank and Gabi gave special attention to:

  • Aggressive exercise of US jurisdiction over conduct abroad;
  • Strategies to employ when witnesses and documents are located in foreign countries;
  • Limitations on the ability of US lawyers to engage in investigative activities in foreign jurisdictions;
  • Preservation of privileges in the cross-border environment when witness interviews take place overseas;
  • US legal restrictions and ethical requirements applicable to US lawyers representing foreign clients; and
  • Complying with and taking advantage of foreign blocking statutes and data privacy laws.

Lawline sponsored  the program and has made it available on demand.