Corporate executives may need to be more careful about what they say to outside counsel during internal company probes. And they’ll want to make sure that the lawyers they talk to are representing them personally, and not just their company.

That’s the implication of a Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (link to pdf) on Wednesday in the case of Ian Norris, one-time CEO of the Morgan Crucible Co. in the United Kingdom.

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