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Legal Policies

Attorney Client Privilege

When an uncontrolled privileged communication or document leaves an organization, any privilege associated with it may be waived. This policy prohibits such communication from being sent externally.

Discussion of Legal Proceedings

This policy detects events related to legal proceedings such as pending civil lawsuits, criminal proceedings, and/or administrative hearings or trials. Threats of contemplated litigation against the organization are not intended to be covered by this policy.

Potential Ethical Issues

This policy identifies potential ethical misconduct or claims of ethical misconduct and alerts the proper internal legal representative.

Potential Legal Issues

Often, questions are circulated internally about the legality of a particular action or business practice without informing a legal representative until the problem has been made public or resulted in some harm. This policy identifies such discussions and alerts the appropriate legal representative.

Threats of Litigation

This policy detects discussions indicating an outside party or an internal employee suggesting or overtly threatening to file a lawsuit against the company.