William F. Johnson, Steven M. Witzel and Lisa H. Bebchick, partners at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, write that the execution of a search warrant at a business presents many unique challenges, such as protecting privileged materials without impeding the execution of the warrant and ensuring continued access to records required for ongoing business operations. Implementing relatively low-cost procedures now can prepare your company in the event that law enforcement agents appear in the future.
King & Spalding’s Andrew C. Hruska and Louisa B. Childs write: Though more prevalent in explicitly regulated industries, it is increasingly true also in every nook and cranny of commercial life, both in the United States and abroad, that administrative regulation and criminal enforcement have merged into an unbroken continuum, with consequences that both government and business would do well to recognize.
