Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruehle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 30, 2009No. 09-50161PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
We here explore the treacherous path which corporate counsel must tread under the attorney-client privilege when conducting an internal investigation to advise a publicly traded company on its financial disclosure obligations. Defendanb-Appellee William J. Ruehle is the former Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Broadcom Corporation, a California-based, publicly traded semiconductor supplier that came under intense scrutiny for its suspected backdating of company stock options. Following a government investigation, Ruehle was criminally indicted for his involvement in an…
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