Big Law Backs FirstEnergy in Internal Probe Disclosure Dispute

A judge was “deeply mistaken” when he allowed the release of documents related to two internal investigations FirstEnergy Corp. commissioned after a massive bribery scandal went public, dozens of Big Law firms told the Sixth Circuit.

US District Judge Algenon L. Marbley’s May ruling rejected the Akron, Ohio-based energy giant’s objections to the release during discovery in securities litigation of the documents and information related to the probes. The ruling contained legal principles that, if adopted, “would threaten the success of countless internal investigations necessary to the good governance of companies in the United States,” the firms wrote in a ...