Sentences with phrase «legal direction of the company»

She spearheaded the legal direction of the company's global real estate leasing programs, working alongside the largest wireless telecommunications operators in the U.S. and Europe.

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In Upjohn Co. v. United States, 6 the United States Supreme Court held that a company's attorney — client privilege extends to company counsel's communications with employees in certain prescribed circumstances.7 Rather than providing a simple objective test, the Upjohn court instead established five factors to guide courts in determining whether the company's privilege should extend to counsel's communications with its employees: (1) whether the communications were made by employees at the direction of superior officers of the company for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (2) whether the communications contained information necessary for counsel to render legal advice, which was not otherwise available from «control group» management; (3) whether the matters communicated were within the scope of the employee's corporate duties; (4) whether the employee knew that the communications were for the purpose of the company obtaining legal advice; and (5) whether the communications were ordered to be kept confidential by the employee's superiors, including that the communications were considered confidential at the time and kept confidential subsequent to the interview.8 When these elements are established, courts generally consider communications between company counsel and an employee to be within the scope of the company's attorney — client privilege.9

When non-attorneys conduct witness interviews, those interviews are not, generally speaking, privileged.9 As discussed above, some legal precedent in the United States, however, suggests that witness interviews conducted by non-attorneys may be protected by the attorney — client privilege where the interviews were authorised by and conducted under the direction of the company's in - house or outside counsel.10 Ideally, any witness interview would be conducted directly by an in - house or outside lawyer.

In the wake of the Brexit vote, the legal team also gave guidance and direction to Swinton, which has a French parent company.

[11] Some legal precedent in the United States, however, suggests that witness interviews conducted by non-attorneys may be protected by the attorney — client privilege where the interviews were authorised by and conducted under the direction of the company's in - house or outside counsel.

That means spending time with clients, understanding the legal departments» needs, as well as the aim and direction of the company.

More recently his legal team has been able to contribute more actively to the company's strategic direction by trying to do more work that comes out of the «back office».

Summary of Position: Provides assistance and support to the Paralegal / Compliance Specialist while under the direction of General Counsel / Chief Compliance Officer in a variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters affecting all of the Company's busin...