Roy provided some information to
the company during its internal investigation, but it has had no contact with him since his departure in February.
Not exact matches
The spotlight has been on the
company's bro culture since Kalanick launched an
internal investigation in February after a former employee, Susan Fowler, said in a personal blog post that she was sexually harassed and experienced gender bias
during her time at the
company.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested that a data analytics
company called Cambridge Analytica turn over
internal documents as part of its
investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia
during the 2016 election.
But even if this aspect of the judgment is successfully appealed, the more intractable challenge facing
companies will be to show that documents created
during an
internal investigation — such as interview records — were created for the «dominant purpose» of future litigation.
An employee is required to co-operate
during an
internal investigation or be terminated, but having counsel present could make the interview more effective for the
company as well, he explains.
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