Corporate Crisis Handbook

Crisis scenarios often necessitate the launch of an internal investigation to determine the company’s legal exposure. Understanding the phases and components common to investigations is key to avoiding unnecessary missteps.

Our clients include multinational corporations, closely held businesses, boards of directors, partnerships, members of executive management and other individual clients. Our team has successfully dealt with innumerable “crisis” situations such as those described in this Handbook, as well as the investigations that may flow from them.

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Appendices and Links To Important "Crisis" Materials

• Advice to Employees - Sample "Notice to Employees" [PDF]
• Document Preservation - Sample Preservation Memo/Hold Order [PDF]
• Document Collection - "E-Discovery in the Criminal Context: Considerations for Company Counsel," Digital Discovery & E-Evidence , Vol. 9, No. 10, BNA, Inc. (October 1, 2009). Co-Authors: Stephen M. Byers and Justin P. Murphy.
• Fact-Finding - "Corporate Internal Investigations: Some Basic Considerations," Directors & Boards Boardroom Briefing (Summer 2005). Co-Authors: Wilma A. Lewis and Stephen M. Byers.
  Upjohn Warnings: Recommended Best Practices When Corporate Counsel Interacts With Corporate Employees [PDF]