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020 $a9781604423051
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050 00 $aKF4850$b.F53 2009
082 00 $a345.73/0522$222
100 1 $aFidler, David P.
245 10 $aResponding to national security letters :$ba practical guide for legal counsel /$cDavid P. Fidler and Sarah Jane Hughes.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bAmerican Bar Association,$cc2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aThe need for a practical guide for legal counsel on responding to national security letters --Why is guidance needed for legal counsel on national security letters? -- How did the law on national security letters change to produce these challenges for legal counsel? -- What tasks now confront companies and their legal counsel with respect to national security letters? -- How is the guide organized? -- Understanding national security letters -- What is a national security letter? -- Why are national security letters controversial? -- What issues of constitutional law do national security letters raise? -- Are there different kinds of national security letters or only one type? -- What federal agencies are authorized to issue national security letters? -- What kind of information does the federal government seek in national security letters? -- Receiving and reviewing national security letters -- What is the likelihood that a company will receive a national security letter? -- How does the federal government make a national security letter request known to a company? -- What should authorized company representatives do when they first talk or meet with federal agents concerning a national security letter? -- What are the company's rights when it receives a national security letter? -- What does the company do with the national security letter upon receipt? -- What are the company's obligations when it receives a national security letter? -- What if a company receives a letter from a federal agency that contains a request for information, but the letter does not cite national security letter statutes for its legal basis? -- Responding to national security letters -- Does federal law mandate compliance with requests for information received through national security letters? -- What happens if a recipient of a national security letter fails to comply with the request for information? -- Why might a company decide not to comply with a request for information in a national security letter? -- Legal grounds for a decision not to comply -- Reliance on inapplicable authorizing statute -- Reliance on wrong statute -- Other legal defects, including defects related to constitutional law -- Importance of legal analysis of the national security letter -- Constitutional challenge to national security letter -- Unreasonable, oppressive, or otherwise unlawful requests for information -- No legal access to or control over requested information -- Technical reasons for a decision not to comply -- Good-faith efforts to resolve issues with the federal agency -- Petitioning a federal district court about a national security letter -- The importance of establishing the compliance decision process in advance -- What are a recipient's legal obligations to the federal government when responding to a national security letter? -- Complying with the non-disclosure requirements -- Data identification, collection, and organizational issues -- Minimizing the prospects of over-disclosure of information in responding to national security letters -- Understanding the implications of company's published privacy policies -- What are a recipient's legal rights after it has responded to a national security letter? -- What other actions should a company take with respect to responding to national security letters? -- Public relations -- Auditing issues -- National Security Letters and International Issues -- What are the basic principles that guide federal government efforts to access information held or located in a foreign country? -- How do these general principles apply to the use of national security letters? -- Jurisdiction and authority to seek information located outside the United States -- Determining the reasonableness of a request for foreign-based information -- Alternative mechanisms for obtaining foreign-based information -- What do the general principles on obtaining foreign-based information mean for recipients of national security letters in the United States? -- Monitoring the law on national security letters -- Why should monitoring the law on national security letters be a priority for companies and their legal counsel? -- What legislative proposals have been made in congress to reform the law on national security letters? -- Increased restrictions and obligations on federal agencies issuing national security letters -- Implications of the proposed legislation for potential recipients of national security letters -- Changes to other laws and policies on national security investigations -- What would be good strategies for monitoring potential changes to the law on national security letters?
650 0 $aNational security$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPractice of law$zUnited States.
700 1 $aHughes, Sarah Jane.