Tabloid writer says employer used lawyers as shield; lawyers issue a policy order to tape all calls. Is the order privileged?
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A FL state appellate court has upheld a publisher's claim that attorney- client privilege shields it from a lawsuit claiming the attorney ordered an employee to act illegally, and that the company fired her for not complying. Lori Ronan filed suit against the National Examiner's publisher, Globe Communications, under the state whistleblower statute. When Globe lawyers objected to deposition questions, the judge ruled against them, and the appellate court overruled. A rehearing before the appellate court is pending.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Spoils to bounty hunters, federal contractors gripe; qui tam's fines and treble damages allow whistleblowers to force settlements when error is innocent, industry says
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Soaring recoveries under the qui tam provision of the federal Civil False Claims Act of 1860 draw comparisons to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, notorious in the 1980s. Like RICO, qui tam, as amended in the mid-1980s, permits treble damages plus civil fines, and whistle-blowers or relators can keep up to half the money the govt recovers thanks to their actions. John R Phillips of DC's Phillips & Cohen helped write the amendment and now reaps millions from lawsuits alleging fraudulent claims.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Lindsey ruling impact: outsourcing
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The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on July 26, 1998 that associate White House counsel Bruce R Lindsey must testify about his conversations with Pres Bill Clinton, denying federal lawyers the right to use attorney-client privilege to reject a grand jury's request for information about their conversations with government officials. This marks the second time a court denied federal attorneys the right to use this privilege.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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