Legislation that would prohibit government prosecutors from pressuring companies to waive the attorney-client privilege was introduced Thursday in the House by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.
The legislation comes as a response to new guidelines issued in December by Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty of the Department of Justice to federal prosecutors conducting investigations into suspected corporate fraud and other financial crimes. McNulty issued the guidelines after mounting pressure from Congress to ease aggressive tactics used to obtain cooperation from targeted companies.
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