Liability of Lawyers for Private Investigators: Legal and Ethical Considerations.
Can lawyers be held liable for the actions of private investigators engaged by the law firm? In one famous example, Harvey Weinstein directed his lawyers to hire a PI firm to gather dirt on actor Rose McGowan who had accused him of sexual misconduct. After it was revealed that the PI firm had staged an elaborate ruse designed to gain Ms. McGowan’s trust, can Weinstein’s lawyers be held liable for the actions of the PI firm? Peter Afrasiabi answers this and other key questions for lawyers while reviewing the myriad federal, state, criminal and civil laws that govern the conduct of private investigators. Don’t hire a private investigator without watching this program!
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
