Bill to unify agency privilege standard awaits signing 
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Legislation that would impose a single standard on how privileged information submitted to any federal agency is treated has passed both houses in Congress and is expected to be signed by President Obama.
The measure, H.R. 4014, which received the support of the American Bar Association, clarifies that privileged information produced to the Consumer Financial Protection ...
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