JANUARY 2003 Vol. 70 • No. 1 • Pages 1-184 the Privacy Project

JANUARY 2003 Vol. 70 • No. 1 • Pages 1-184 The Privacy Project Defending Protective Orders Privacy and the Human Genome Project Privilege for Internal E-mails Analyzing Self-critical Analyses Protecting Against Cybersmear Monitoring the Electronic Workplace Romantic Relationships at Work Privacy from the Judicial Perspective Personal Data Protection in the U.K. Personal Data Protection in Australia The HIPPA Privacy Rule Fidelity and Surety Survey President’s Page: Introducing the Privacy Project <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Current Decisions </li><li style="flex:1">Reviewing the Law Reviews </li></ul>Issued Quarterly by International Association of Defense Counsel Just published from IADC . . . by IADC members . . . Advocacy in the 21st Century ESSAYS BY LEADING DEFENSE PRACTITIONERS Edited by Richard B. Allen, David Brock, Janet H. Gore and Joan Fullam Irick Pretrial Issues Spoliation of Evidence Direct Examination of Defendant Cross-examination of Daubert Experts Computerized Exhibits Jury Trial Innovations Legal Malpractice Traumatic Brain Injuries Learned Intermediary Doctrine Joint Defense Doctrine Defending PTSD Claims Foreign Parties in U.S. Litigation Post-judgment Motions Risk Management Loose-leaf bound for easy supplementation and updating $85.00 To order, write, fax (312-368-1854), e-mail ([email protected]) or order online at <a href="/goto?url=http://www.iadclaw.org/scriptcontent/books.cfm" target="_blank">www.iadclaw.org/scriptcontent/books.cfm </a>International Association of Defense Counsel Suite 2400 One North Franklin Chicago, IL 60606 Allow four to six weeks for delivery January 2003 Volume 70, No. 1 Pages 1-184 International Association of Defense Counsel Suite 2400 One North Franklin Chicago, Illinois 60606-3401 Telephone (312) 368-1494 Fax (312) 368-1854 E-mail: [email protected] <a href="/goto?url=http://www.iadclaw.org" target="_blank">Website: http://www.iadclaw.org </a>In this issue . . . DEPARTMENTS Officers and Executive Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 President’s Page, “Introducing The Privacy Project” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 By Joan Fullam Irick Calendar of Legal Organization Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 31st Annual IADC Trial Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Defense Counsel Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2003 IADC Legal Writing Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 IADC Tenets of Professionalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Current Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Reviewing the Law Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 FEATURE ARTICLES THE PRIVACY PROJECT INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES: HOW COURTS DENY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PROTECTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION By Kathleen L. Blaner Legislatures, the plaintiffs bar and the media are assaulting protective orders THE BRAVE NEW WORLD IS HERE: PRIVACY ISSUES — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 AND THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT By Robert A. Curley and Lisa M. Caperna Governments and courts must step in to provide protections and regulations DISCOVERY UNPLUGGED: SHOULD INTERNAL E-MAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 BE PRIVILEGED CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS? By Ralph Streza To keep pace with technology, discovery should protect intra-company e-mails THE SELF-CRITICAL ANALYSIS PRIVILEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 IN THE PRODUCT LIABILITY CONTEXT By George S. Hodges, Karen A. Jockimo and Paul E. Svensson Self-analysis should be considered as a subsequent remedial measure Contents Page 3 CYBERSMEAR MAY BE COMING TO A WEBSITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 NEAR YOU: A PRIMER FOR CORPORATE VICTIMS By Thomas G. Ciarlone Jr. and Eric W. Wiechmann How to respond presents both legal and non-legal problems BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 MONITORING THE ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE By William G. Porter II and Michael C. Griffaton Employers must have detailed, understandable and fair policies ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK: DOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 PRIVACY TRUMP THE DATING POLICE? By Rebecca J. Wilson, Christine Filosa and Alex Fennel Courts generally uphold policies that balance employees and employers’ rights PRIVACY ISSUES FROM THE JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS By Mark D. Fox and Chris E, Forte Counsel must draft protective order applications with detailed statements PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 THE UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE By Laurel J. Harbour, Ian D. MacDonald and Eleni Gill The U.K.’s new Data Protection Act sets up a comprehensive and detailed regime PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 THE AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE By Steven Klimt, Narelle Symthe, S. Stuart Clark and Jason Shailer Legislation has applied the information privacy principles of 1988 to the private sector THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE: AN OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 OF COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES AND REQUIREMENTS By Nancy A. Lawson, Jennifer M. Orr and Doedy Sheehan Klar The U.S. Privacy Rule contains a maze and mandates and exceptions ANNUAL SURVEY OF FIDELITY AND SURETY LAW, 2002, PART I . . . . . . . . . . 150 By Bettina E. Brownstein, R. Earl Welbaum, Randall I. Marmor and Roger P. Sauer. Edited by Charles W. Linder Jr. A roundup of recent cases in the field of fidelity and surety law Defense Counsel Journal (ISSN: 0895-0016) is published quarterly (January, April, July, October) by the International Association of Defense Counsel, Suite 2400, One North Franklin, Chicago, Illinois 60606, telephone (312) 368-1494, fax (312) 368-1854, e-mail: [email protected]. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL, and additional mailing offices. The subscription price of $65.00 annually is included in the dues of members of the IADC. POSTMAS- TER: Please send address changes to Defense Counsel Journal, Suite 2400, One North Franklin, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Cite as: 70 DEF. COUNS. J. — (2003). Copyright © 2003 by the International Association of Defense Counsel. All rights reserved. Defense Counsel Journal is a forum for the publication of topical and scholarly writings on the law, its development and reform, and on the practice of law, particularly from the viewpoint of the practitioner and litigator in the civil defense and insurance fields. The opinions and positions stated in signed material are those of the author and not by the fact of publication necessarily those of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Material accepted for publication becomes the property of the IADC and will be copyrighted as a work for hire. Contributing authors are requested and expected to disclose any financial, economic or professional interests or affiliations that may have influenced positions taken or advocated in the efforts. Submit manuscripts to the Managing Editor at the above address in hard copy or via e-mail. Defense Counsel Journal follows The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (17th ed.), and footnotes should be placed at the end of the article’s text. Page 4 Officers and Executive Committee OFFICERS President, Joan Fullam Irick, Indianapolis, Indiana President-Elect, J. Walter Sinclair, Boise, Idaho Immediate Past President, William C. Cleveland III, Charleston, South Carolins Vice-President, Kirk G. Forrest, Tulsa, Oklahoma Vice-President, Lee L. Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland Secretary-Treasurer, John G. Maxa, New Bremen, Ohio Executive Director, Oliver P. Yandle, Chicago, Illinois EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The President, the President-elect, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-Treasurer, and the following elected members: Terms ending July 2003 George S. Hodges White Plains, New York Terms ending July 2004 S. Stuart Clark Sydney, New South Wales Lake Charles, Louisiana Terms ending July 2005 John S. Bradford Christopher W. Tompkins Seattle, Washington Cathy Havener Greer Denver, Colorado Patrick Lysaught Kansas City, Missouri Walter E. Zink II Lincoln Nebraksa Gregory M. Lederer Cedar Rapids, Iowa Bruce R. Parker Baltimore, Maryland <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">P A S T </li><li style="flex:1">P R E S I D E N T S </li></ul>*MYRON W. VAN AUKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920-1923 *MARTIN P. CORNELIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923-1926 *EDWIN A. JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1926-1932 *GEORGE W. YANCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1932-1934 *WALTER R. MAYNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1934-1935 *J. ROY DICKIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935-1936 *MARION N. CHRESTMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936-1937 *P. E. REEDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937-1938 *MILO H. CRAWFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938-1939 *GERALD P. HAYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939-1940 *OSCAR J. BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1940-1941 *WILLIS SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1941-1943 *PAT H. EAGER JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1943-1944 *F. B. BAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1944-1946 *PAUL J. MCGOUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1946-1947 *LOWELL WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947-1948 *KENNETH P. GRUBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1948-1949 *L. DUNCAN LLOYD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1949-1950 *WAYNE E. STICHTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1950-1951 *JOSEPH A. SPRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951-1952 *ALVIN R. CHRISTOVICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1952-1953 *J. A. GOOCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1953-1954 *STANLEY C. MORRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954-1955 *LESTER P. DODD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1955-1956 *JOHN A. KLUWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1956-1957 *FORREST A. BETTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957-1958 *G. ARTHUR BLANCHET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1958-1959 *CHARLES E. PLEDGER JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1959-1960 DENMAN MOODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960-1961 PAYNE KARR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961-1962 *WILLIAM E. KNEPPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962-1963 RICHARD W. GALIHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1963-1964 *KRAFT W. EIDMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1964-1965 *WALLACE E. SEDGWICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965-1966 *HARLEY J. MCNEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966-1967 ________ *EGBERT L. HAYWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967-1968 *GORDON R. CLOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1968-1969 *W. FORD REESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969-1970 *SAMUEL J. POWERS JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970-1971 *EDWARD J. KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971-1972 ALSTON JENNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972-1973 WALTER A. STEELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973-1974 THEODORE P. SHIELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974-1975 JERRY V. WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975-1976 HENRY BURNETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-1977 *DARRELL L. HAVENER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977-1978 ROBERT E. LEAKE JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-1979 JOHN R. HOEHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-1980 NEIL K. QUINN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980-1981 WILLIAM K. CHRISTOVICH . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981-1982 ROBERT D. NORMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-1983 *GRANT P. DUBOIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-1984 *THOMAS H. SHARP JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984-1985 *WILLIAM H. WALLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-1986 HENRY B. ALSOBROOK JR. . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-1987 W. RICHARD DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-1988 GEORGE B. MCGUGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988-1989 *MORRIS R. ZUCKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-1990 JAY H. TRESSLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990-1991 DAVID J. BECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-1992 HENRY A. HENTEMANN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-1993 MICHAEL A. POPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-1994 KEVIN J. DUNNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-1995 EDWARD J. RICE, JR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-1996 GEORGE GORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-1997 CHARLES F. PREUSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-1998 REX K. LINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-1999 GEORGE H. MITCHELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-2000 GREGORY C. READ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-2001 WILLIAM C. CLEVELAND III . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-2002 *Deceased President’s Page Introducing The Privacy Project By Joan Fullam Irick HEN I was selected to serve as IADC President for the 2002-03 term, I Wdecided to make the issue of corporate and personal privacy a key theme for my administration. Recent articles in newspapers, magazines and other media have been filled with “horror stories” of attacks on privacy rights, including in recent months: The county attorney of Buena Vista County, Iowa, subpoenaing the names of hundreds of women who had pregnancy tests at a local Planned Parenthood clinic as part of an investigation of the death of an unidentified baby. •The 10 active federal trial judges in South Carolina voting unanimously to ban “secret legal settlements” on products liability, medical malpractice and other complex litigation. •Administrators at an Ivy League college hacking into a rival university’s •computer system to obtain information about applicants for admission. The issue of privacy is, of course, a touchy one. While we all have a strong desire to guard our own privacy and to protect ourselves from the undue curiosity of hackers, employers and overzealous neighbors, at the same time we want to know everything we possibly can about the backgrounds, criminal records and personal problems of those who live or work around us. In July 2001, I presented to the IADC Executive Committee a written proposal for the creation of a Privacy Project to explore in depth recent changes in the privacy landscape, the current status of privacy on both the national and international scene, and the foreseeable future of privacy in the individual and corporate worlds. The Privacy Project was then submitted to the Institute of the IADC Foundation, which agreed to oversee and supervise the implementation of my proposal. Over the past several months, a series of scholarly white papers have been authored by a number of talented and committed IADC members and partners and associates. Those papers are included in this issue of Defense Counsel Jour- nal as the first stage of the Privacy Project. Privacy will also be a key issue and a major topic of discussion at the IADC midyear meeting in February 2003 and the Corporate Counsel College in April 2003 in Chicago. In the summer of 2003, a second and more expanded volume will be published by the IADC Foundation. In addition to the authors of the papers herein, the second volume will include many additional areas of study and discussion by a number of other IADC members. I thank the individual authors and the Defense Counsel Journal editors for their efforts on behalf of the Privacy Project. Page 6 Calendar of Legal Organization Meetings 2003 February 5-11, American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Seattle, Washington February 15-20, IADC Midyear Meeting, The Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California February 23-March 2, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting, Westin Mission Hills Resort, Rancho Mirage, California March 20-23, American College of Trial Lawyers Spring Meeting, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, Florida April 8-13, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Annual Meeting, Silverado Resort, Napa, California April 22-25, IADC Corporate Counsel College, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois June 28-July 3, IADC Annual Meeting, Grand Wailea Resort and Spa, Maui, Hawaii August 2-9, IADC Trial Academy, University of Colorado, Boulder August 7-13, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, HQ: San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California October 8-10, American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, California October 15-19, Defense Research Institute Annual Meeting, Washington Hilton and Towers, Washington, D.C. October, Product Liability Advisory Council Fall Meeting, TBA October 29-November 1, American College of Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Fairmont Hotel, Montréal, Québec, Canada 2004 February 4-10, American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, San Antonio, Texas February 7-12, IADC Midyear Meeting, The Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia July 3-9, IADC Annual Meeting, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia August 5-11, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia Page 7 31st Annual IADC Trial Academy August 2-9, 2003 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado The Academy is a program designed by the International Association of Defense Counsel to enhance the trial advocacy skills of younger lawyers who have been in practice from two to six years and have had actual trial experience. Instruction in the major segments of trial are featured, including a wide variety of evidentiary problems. A seven-to-one student-faculty ratio enables faculty to critique each student’s work. Faculty demonstrations by leading defense trial lawyers and extensive use of videotape expose participants to different approaches and ideas in solving common trial problems. A physician will familiarize the students with the medical issues, and a segment on the testimony of an economist will also be featured. Emphasis is placed on the learning-by-doing method of instruction. Individual students will cross-examine physicians and economists acting as expert witnesses and will be videotaped while participating in all aspects of trial. Students are given videotapes containing their presentations at the conclusion of the Academy.

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