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Financial Daily Dose 6.4.2021 | Top Story: Wary Markets Wait for May Jobs Report After April Bust

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Jobs Report Friday again, and after a big miss on April’s rather lackluster numbers, all eyes will be on May’s figures. Lots to watch for here....more

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Can Plaintiffs Seek an Adverse Inference from Defendant Corporations' Privilege Assertions?

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The attorney-client privilege benefits society by encouraging clients' frank disclosure to their lawyers, but it undeniably conceals highly relevant communications. Surprisingly, only a few courts have addressed plaintiffs'...more

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The Southern District of New York Addresses the Crime-Fraud Exception

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The "crime-fraud" exception can deny privilege protection for certain otherwise protected communications between lawyers and their clients. However, many litigants and even some lawyers misunderstand the doctrine's narrow...more

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More Courts take a Narrow View of Subject Matter Waivers

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Thanks to common law developments and Federal Rule of Evidence 502, the frightening specter of subject matter waivers now usually only arises when litigants affirmatively rely on privileged communications to gain some...more

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Game Changer? The S.D.N.Y. Endorses a Company-Friendly Privilege Standard

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In In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation, No. 14-MD-2543 (JMF), 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5199, at *220 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2015), Judge Furman upheld General Motors' claim of privilege and work product protection...more

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