{"id":282,"date":"2019-11-07T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2020-09-24T03:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:40:53","slug":"legal-intelligencer-when-to-hire-outside-lawyers-to-conduct-an-internal-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-when-to-hire-outside-lawyers-to-conduct-an-internal-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: When to Hire Outside Lawyers to Conduct an Internal Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-description\">In the November 7, 2019 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\"><em>The Legal Intelligencer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2019\/11\/07\/when-to-hire-outside-lawyers-to-conduct-an-internal-investigation\/\">When to Hire Outside Lawyers to Conduct an Internal Investigation<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"article-description\">The call for an internal investigation, not unique in the wake of the #MeToo movement, is not simply confined to the media and entertainment industries\u2014although we may know more about them due to the high profile of many of those involved.<\/h4>\n<p>Recently, a number of high-profile female journalists associated with NBC News called for its parent company, Comcast, to begin an internal investigation to address alleged sexual harassment within the news network\u2019s workplace. As one of the country\u2019s most successful corporations, Comcast, based here in Philadelphia, is faced with a need duplicated by many Fortune 500 companies\u2014hiring outside counsel to investigate an internal matter.<\/p>\n<p>Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson, key figures in exposing the decades of misconduct by the late Roger Ailes, have been vocal in their support of the need for an internal investigation. In that case, Fox failed to address complaints aimed at the former chair and CEO of Fox News. The allegations detailed in Ronan Farrow\u2019s current best seller, \u201cCatch and Kill,\u201d not only reveals the depth of the issues, but highlights the potential damage to the profile of a successful business. The letter signed by Kelly and Carlson reiterated claims of a \u201ccorporate culture of widespread sexual harassment and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call for an internal investigation, not unique in the wake of the #MeToo movement, is not simply confined to the media and entertainment industries\u2014although we may know more about them due to the high profile of many of those involved.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-when-to-hire-outside-lawyers-to-conduct-an-internal-investigation\/#more-282\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the November 7, 2019 edition of The Legal Intelligencer\u00a0Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote \u201cWhen to Hire Outside Lawyers to Conduct an Internal Investigation.\u201d The call for an internal investigation, not unique in the wake of the #MeToo movement, is not simply confined to the media and entertainment industries\u2014although we may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[504,414,503],"tags":[336],"coauthors":[535],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate-governance-and-internal-investigations","category-publications","category-risk-management-counseling","tag-legal-intelligencer","publication_lawyer-edward-t-kang"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Intelligencer: When to Hire Outside Lawyers to Conduct an Internal Investigation &#8212; Kang Haggerty News &#8212; November 7, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the November 7, 2019 edition of The Legal Intelligencer\u00a0Edward T. 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