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Presentation at 2013 Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund conference
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The Ethics of Acquiring Documents
Before Litigation
Kathleen ClarkWashington University in St Louis
kathleen_clark@mac.com
TAF Conference2013
Intersectionof
Legal Ethics&
Law of Whistleblowing
Documents:Purloined?Privileged?
Purloined Documents, Confidential Employer Data, and Counterclaims in Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
by David J. Marshall and Abigail Cook-Mack
Areconfidentiality
agreementsenforceable?
US ex rel Grandeau v
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
N.D. Ill. 2004
confidentiality agreement cannot trump
the FCA’s strong policy of protecting whistleblowers who report fraud against the
government
US ex rel Head v
Kane CoD.D.C. 2009
SEC Dodd-Frank
Whistleblower regulation
Can’t impede individual from
communicating with SEC by enforcing a
confidentiality agreement
US ex rel Cafasso v
General Dynamics 9th Cir 2011
wholesale copying of
files admittedly containing
confidential, proprietary &trade secret information
Whatcan
whistleblowerlawyers
do?
Tell client:“Don’t provide
privilegeddocuments”
Delegate to clientprivilegereview
Lawyerherself
reviews
Other lawyer
in firm
reviews
Paralegalin
firmreviews
LPOreviews
Predictive Coding
Ad hoc
After review:segregate
& return
privileged documents
5 casesLawyer As Relator
US ex rel Doe v X Corp ED VA 1994
Vermont Agency Natl Res v US ex rel Stevens SCt 2000
Bury v Community Hospital Ca5thApp 2002
US ex rel Repko v Guthrie Clinic MD PA 2008, 2011
US ex rel Fair Laboratory Practice Assoc v Quest 2nd Cir 2013
US ex rel Doe v X Corp ED VA 1994
Vermont Agency Natl Res v US ex rel Stevens Attorneys
“should be encouraged” to use qui tam law suits
to expose fraudMD PA 2008, 2011
US ex rel Fair Laboratory Practice Assoc v Quest
SDNY 2011
$ confidentiality incentives > based on
contract
$ ? confidentiality incentives > based on
professional rules
$ confidentiality incentives < based on
professional rules
US ex rel Fair Laboratory Practice
Associates v
Quest 2nd Cir
October 25, 2013
The Ethics of Acquiring Documents
Before Litigation
Kathleen ClarkWashington University in St Louis
kathleen_clark@mac.com
TAF Conference2013
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