Monitor/Sidebar Crossover Part 2: I Am The One Who Knocks (Podcast)

In the second of a two-part series on government investigations and inspections, Bracewell partners Kevin Collins and Seth Du Charme join Environmental Law Monitor host Daniel Pope for a discussion of what to do when the government is actually knocking on your front door.

What are some of the best things to do when an agency comes looking to inspect or when enforcement authorities come with guns to visit the facility? What are some of the things that non-lawyers need to be able to do and need to be confident about while they wait for support from in-house counsel or outside counsel?

Typically we would say don't volunteer information that you're not required to provide, but if there are true safety concerns about the physical space and you're accepting the authority that the agents represent, they have to come in. You should feel comfortable giving limited information that creates a safe environment for everyone. You can even ask for some direction from the