Internal Investigations: Interviewing Difficult or Other Types of Witnesses | Practical Law
A Practice Note explaining how to interview certain types of witnesses in an internal corporate investigation. This Note explains what to do when a witness is uncooperative, evasive, or a potential wrongdoer, or when a witness provides contradictory responses. This Note also addresses how to handle represented witnesses, former employees, third-party witnesses, unionized employees, overseas witnesses, or witnesses who attempt to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.