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Law Practice

Apr. 12, 2006

Panel Tosses Language in Guidelines

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has taken the unusual step of removing language from corporate sentencing guidelines that encouraged prosecutors to force corporations to waive attorney-client privilege.

By Lawrence Hurley and Anna Oberthur
Daily Journal Staff Writers
      WASHINGTON - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has taken the unusual step of removing language from corporate sentencing guidelines that encouraged prosecutors to force corporations to waive attorney-client privilege.
      Previously, judges could reduce sentences for corporations if the privilege was waived, a...

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