Internal Investigations: Preparing to Conduct a Witness Interview | Practical Law

Internal Investigations: Preparing to Conduct a Witness Interview | Practical Law

A Practice Note explaining how interviewers and notetakers should prepare to interview witnesses in an internal corporate investigation. This Note explains what information counsel must review and how to draft the interview outline and identify documents for use during the interview. It addresses how to prepare witness binders and decide whether to provide documents to the witness before the interview. This Note also explains how counsel should prepare to deliver an Upjohn warning to a witness.

Internal Investigations: Preparing to Conduct a Witness Interview

Practical Law Practice Note w-021-3954 (Approx. 17 pages)

Internal Investigations: Preparing to Conduct a Witness Interview

by Practical Law Securities Litigation & White Collar Crime
MaintainedUSA (National/Federal)
A Practice Note explaining how interviewers and notetakers should prepare to interview witnesses in an internal corporate investigation. This Note explains what information counsel must review and how to draft the interview outline and identify documents for use during the interview. It addresses how to prepare witness binders and decide whether to provide documents to the witness before the interview. This Note also explains how counsel should prepare to deliver an Upjohn warning to a witness.