The American Bar Association, the Washington Legal Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Chicago-based DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar this week formally added their heavyweight voices to a request that the U.S. Supreme Court review a lower court ruling that let federal prosecutors subpoena documents which foreign companies had sent to law firms in the United States.
Normally foreign documents are outside the reach of grand jury subpoenas. But once such documents come into the U.S., the circuit courts of appeal are split on whether prosecutors can use grand jury subpoenas to grab them.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
