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European Commission wins court battle over legal privilege

By Lewis Crofts ( September 14, 2010, 07:58 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission has won a landmark ruling at the EU’s highest court which said the regulator was within its right to seize documents from an in-house lawyer at AkzoNobel, even though he was a member of the Dutch bar. The European Court of Justice ruled that "internal company communications with in-house lawyers are not covered by legal professional privilege."Luxembourg - The European Commission has won a landmark ruling at the EU’s highest court which said the regulator was within its right to seize documents from an in-house lawyer at AkzoNobel, even though he was a member of the Dutch bar....

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