U.S. Privilege Following Akzo Nobel v. European Commission
By: Alden F. Abbott, General Counsel, and Ashley Gum, Assistant General Counsel | Oct 3, 2018 11:08AM
Lawyers who have been paying attention to such things might recall the predicted fallout from the decision in Akzo Chemicals Ltd v. European Commission, Case C-550/07-P (September 14, 2010). In Akzo, the ECJ held that internal communications between in-house counsel and their companies’ employees are not privileged in European competition law cases.
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