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Attorney-Client Privilege Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

In re Grand Jury: Supreme Court Avoids the Circuit Split on the Application of the Attorney-Client Privilege to Dual-Purpose...

Attorneys and in-house counsel who provide both legal and business advice to their clients should consider the scope of the attorney-client privilege relating to dual-purpose communications. On January 23, 2023, after...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

For All Intents and Dual-Purposes, SCOTUS Fails to Resolve Circuit Split

A three-way circuit split has long plagued the realm of attorney-client privilege on how to treat communications that implicate both legal and non-legal concerns (known as “dual-purpose communications”). Namely, if a lawyer...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

“Improvidently Granted”: Supremes Decline to Wade Into Attorney-Client Privilege Dispute

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Recently, we wrote a blog post about the Supreme Court entertaining arguments on the scope of the attorney-client privilege in the context of dual-purpose communications paraphrasing a question from Justice Kagan during the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Changes Its Mind, Decides Not To Mire into Attorney Client Privilege

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The United States Supreme Court has changed its mind as to whether to rule on the proper test to assess the applicability of the attorney-client privilege to dual purpose communications. Last year, the Supreme Court granted...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses as ‘Improvidently Granted’ Case on Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

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In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed the writ of certiorari granted in In re: Grand Jury, No. 21-1397, writing only that it was “improvidently granted.” The Court can dismiss any granted writ of...more

Jenner & Block

Privilege Newsletter: United States Supreme Court to Review the Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege

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On October 3, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in a federal grand jury proceeding that may result in the Court expanding the scope of the attorney-client privilege for dual-purpose business communications....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2018 and August 2018.... US Supreme Court - Supreme Court Holds That SEC Administrative Law Judges...more

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