Progress on protecting client's attorney-client privilege has been made with a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the McNulty Memo and its impact on privilege and corporate internal investigations on March 8, 2007.
The actions from the hearing is that the House plans to introduce a companion bill to S. 186, "The Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007." The bill requires federal agents and agencies to respect employees' constitutional rights. The bill prohibits government interference with corporate decisions to advance their legal fees, indemnify employees, share information with them as they prepare their defense, or otherwise abstain from sanctioning targeted employees until all of the facts are gathered.
The bill is said to prohibit government officials from requesting or considering privilege waiver as a criterion in the determination of a company's cooperation with a government investigation.
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