Strawser v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.

URBIGKIT, Justice.

In granting a petition for writ of certio-rari in a case of first impression for Wyoming, we must decide whether petitioners’ counsel is entitled to conduct ex parte interviews with a corporation’s present and former employees in an action claiming defamation and invasion of privacy. In reaching our decision, we are invited to examine Rule 4.2 of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law and the various “tests” adopted in other jurisdictions which govern adverse litigant ex parte discovery interviews with present and past corporate employees.

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