Responding to national security letters
Subtitle: a practical guide for legal counsel
By: David P. Fidler and Sarah Jane Hughes.
Contributors: Hughes, Sarah Jane.
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781604423051
Subjects: National security -- Law and legislation -- United States; Practice of law -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The need for a practical guide for legal counsel on responding to national security letters; title: Why is guidance needed for legal counsel on national security letters?; title: How did the law on national security letters change to produce these challenges for legal counsel?; title: What tasks now confront companies and their legal counsel with respect to national security letters?; title: How is the guide organized?; title: Understanding national security letters; title: What is a national security letter?; title: Why are national security letters controversial?; title: What issues of constitutional law do national security letters raise?; title: Are there different kinds of national security letters or only one type?; title: What federal agencies are authorized to issue national security letters?; title: What kind of information does the federal government seek in national security letters?; title: Receiving and reviewing national security letters; title: What is the likelihood that a company will receive a national security letter?; title: How does the federal government make a national security letter request known to a company?; title: What should authorized company representatives do when they first talk or meet with federal agents concerning a national security letter?; title: What are the company's rights when it receives a national security letter?; title: What does the company do with the national security letter upon receipt?; title: What are the company's obligations when it receives a national security letter?; title: 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?; title: Responding to national security letters; title: Does federal law mandate compliance with requests for information received through national security letters?; title: What happens if a recipient of a national security letter fails to comply with the request for information?; title: Why might a company decide not to comply with a request for information in a national security letter?; title: Legal grounds for a decision not to comply; title: Reliance on inapplicable authorizing statute; title: Reliance on wrong statute; title: Other legal defects, including defects related to constitutional law; title: Importance of legal analysis of the national security letter; title: Constitutional challenge to national security letter; title: Unreasonable, oppressive, or otherwise unlawful requests for information; title: No legal access to or control over requested information; title: Technical reasons for a decision not to comply; title: Good-faith efforts to resolve issues with the federal agency; title: Petitioning a federal district court about a national security letter; title: The importance of establishing the compliance decision process in advance; title: What are a recipient's legal obligations to the federal government when responding to a national security letter?; title: Complying with the non-disclosure requirements; title: Data identification, collection, and organizational issues; title: Minimizing the prospects of over-disclosure of information in responding to national security letters; title: Understanding the implications of company's published privacy policies; title: What are a recipient's legal rights after it has responded to a national security letter?; title: What other actions should a company take with respect to responding to national security letters?; title: Public relations; title: Auditing issues; title: National Security Letters and International Issues; title: What are the basic principles that guide federal government efforts to access information held or located in a foreign country?; title: How do these general principles apply to the use of national security letters?; title: Jurisdiction and authority to seek information located outside the United States; title: Determining the reasonableness of a request for foreign-based information; title: Alternative mechanisms for obtaining foreign-based information; title: What do the general principles on obtaining foreign-based information mean for recipients of national security letters in the United States?; title: Monitoring the law on national security letters; title: Why should monitoring the law on national security letters be a priority for companies and their legal counsel?; title: What legislative proposals have been made in congress to reform the law on national security letters?; title: Increased restrictions and obligations on federal agencies issuing national security letters; title: Implications of the proposed legislation for potential recipients of national security letters; title: Changes to other laws and policies on national security investigations; title: What would be good strategies for monitoring potential changes to the law on national security letters?