In February 2022, a District of New Jersey court in United States v. Coburn compelled a private company to produce internal investigation materials to two of its former executives, who had been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") relating to an alleged foreign bribery scheme. This panel explored the implications that this decision, and its legal reasoning, might have had on attorneys and clients who attempted to cooperate with DOJ as part of a selfdisclosure strategy with the intent to earn "cooperation credit," while at the same time protecting the attorneyclient and work product privileges emanating from internal investigations conducted on behalf of one's corporate client.

Featuring:

Hon. Don Cochran, Professor of Law, Belmont University College of Law
Hon. Mike Hurst, Partner, Phelps Dunbar LLP
Hon. John C. Richter, Partner, King & Spalding
(Moderator) Hon. David C. Joseph, United States District Court Judge, Western District of Louisiana
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