THE DEPUTY U.S. attorney general this week acknowledged that predecessor Larry D. Thompson’s guidelines on attorney-client privilege in corporate investigations has ignited complaints across the legal and business landscapes, but he vigorously defended the current policy as a sound one.
“Everyone is complaining,” said Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. McNulty noted that along with Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and ranking minority leader Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., former department attorneys general and other officials are also upset.
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