A definitive procedural guide to implementing preventive law programs that combines detailed commentary with handy checklists and sample documents to help identify, isolate, and handle potential problems before they occur. Includes practical guidance on investigative and post-investigative operations, corporate counseling, confidentiality issues, and assessing legal trends. Discusses preventive law procedures in the areas of employment, nonprofit organizations, product safety, record retention, personnel, environmental compliance, and accounts payable/receivable. Examines recent court decisions impacting attorney-client relationships, work-product doctrine, loss of protection waiver, and procedures for protecting confidentiality.