In the continual expansion of "whistleblower" law, old ideas of lawyer-client confidentiality go by the wayside as company lawyers are awarded new legal incentives to use their privileged access to internal communications to rat out their employers. C. Evan Stewart of Zuckerman Spaeder explains in the NYLJ.
In-house lawyers as stoolpigeons
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



