Extract to table

The risk of a DOJ criminal inquiry, while not imminent, is not negligible and must be factored into all privilege determinations

This Privilege Protocol is therefore intended to serve as a comprehensive and mandatory set of guidelines that must be followed without exception by all individuals and entities to whom it applies

This distinction is of particular significance in the remediation context, where there is necessarily a significant volume of factual and operational information exchanged between C&H and BRB personnel, and care must be taken to ensure that the privileged and non-privileged components of such communications are properly identified and handled

These materials are entitled to the highest level of protection and must be handled accordingly

The requirements for invoking the common-interest privilege are as follows: (a) The parties must share a common legal interest

The interest must be legal in nature, not merely commercial or business-oriented