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Miles Mediation & Arbitration

The Case Within the Case: Mediating Legal Malpractice Claims

“Legal malpractice claim.” No attorney wants to hear these three dreaded words, but a malpractice claim is an unfortunate possibility when working within the legal field. Knowing more about the issues that can prompt a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Legal Malpractice: Attorneys Cannot Be Blamed for Client’s Bad Decisions

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Winning at the blame game is difficult to do.  This holds especially true where the “blame game” is actually a claim for legal malpractice. ...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Professional Liability and Attorney-Client Privilege Bulletin: Intra-Law Firm Communications

In a case of first impression in California, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP v. Superior Court (No. B255182 - filed November 25, 2014), Division Three of the Second District Court of Appeal addressed the question of whether the...more

Stinson LLP

Privileged Status Of Internal Investigations At Risk - Court Finds Reports From Company's Internal Investigation Are Not...

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A recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia puts the privileged status of internal investigations conducted by internal resources at risk.In U.S. ex rel. Harry Barko v. Halliburton Company, the...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Intra-Company Disputes: Implications for the Attorney-Client Privilege and Fiduciary Duties

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In the course of its decision in Chambers v. Gold Medal Bakery, Inc., the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts highlights a number of important rules related to the attorney-client privilege, as well as various rights and...more

Allen Matkins

Protecting Client Confidences “At Every Peril”

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California expects a lot from attorneys when it comes to client confidences and the attorney-client privilege. - Evidence Code Section 955 imposes an affirmative duty on every lawyer who received or made a...more

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