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Can former in-house lawyers breach client privilege in whistleblower retaliation suits? [Reuters]

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A (BIO) 
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Can former in-house lawyers breach client privilege in whistleblower retaliation suits? (Reuters) – The life sciences company Bio-Rad filed a fascinating motion last week in its former general counsel’s whistleblower retaliation suit against the company. Bio-Rad’s lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Latham & Watkins contend that the ex-GC, whose case is scheduled for trial in January, cannot disclose any information shielded by attorney-client privilege – which is basically all of the evidence former GC Sanford Wadler is relying on. If Bio-Rad is right, it will be extraordinarily difficult for in-house lawyers in California to sue former employers for wrongful termination. Or to flip the scenario, employers will have an awful lot of leeway to get rid of whistleblowing lawyers. The one-time Bio-Rad GC, Sanford Wadler, claims he was fired in 2013 after raising a stink within the company about possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations by Bio-Ra Show less Read more
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