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Recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Decision Finds that Grievance Process Communications are Privileged

by Mick Wall | Field Law on 4/17/2013

A grievance process is designed to promptly resolve workplace disputes by encouraging a frank and open dialogue between the parties. Accordingly, Arbitrators have long held that communications exchanged in the grievance...more

April 2013: London Litigation Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 4/9/2013

Piercing the Corporate Veil: VTB Capital plc v. Nutritek International Corp and Others [2013] UKSC 5 - In a recent case, the United Kingdom Supreme Court unanimously refused to pierce the corporate veil in order to treat an...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - February 2013

by Anthony Cacace, Stacey Cerrone, Page W. Griffin, Jacklina Len, Kara L. Lincoln, Brian S. Neulander | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/19/2013

In This Issue: - Editor's Overview - View from Proskauer: Are Your Conversations Privileged under ERISA? - Rulings, Filings, and Settlements of Interest ...more

Who Let The Dogs Out? Barking About Whether To “Unleash” Patent Lawyer Is Not Privileged.

by R. Bradford Fawley | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/13/2013

Characterizing Out RAGE LLC’s position as reflecting “a Pavlovian reaction that any communication in which the word ‘lawyer’ or ‘attorney’ is mentioned is the bell that causes the dog named Privilege to salivate” a federal...more

Employers Must Be Vigilant About Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege

by Hopkins & Carley on 2/4/2013

Once a lawsuit has been filed, the general rule in California is that parties have extremely broad rights to gather information from the other side. This process, called discovery, is used to allow both sides the opportunity...more

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Recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Decision Finds that Grievance Process Communications are Privileged

April 2013: London Litigation Update

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - February 2013

Who Let The Dogs Out? Barking About Whether To “Unleash” Patent Lawyer Is Not Privileged.

Employers Must Be Vigilant About Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege

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