An in-house lawyer at Accenture Federal Services, Shawn Haque, recently teamed up with Alison Bost of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to write an in-house lawyer’s guide to protecting attorney-client privilege. Here are some tips in their article, which appeared on the website of the Association of Corporate Counsel:
• Define your relationship: “Who is your client? Corporate counsel should always be able to answer that question clearly,” write Bost and Haque. Yes, the corporate entity is your client, but what about subsidiaries, individual employees, directors and shareholders? The first step is to identify who your client is on each matter and then communicate that to all involved, especially people who may perceive you to be acting for them when indeed you are not.
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