Google, Attorney-Client Privilege

This Week in eDiscovery: Concerns in Google Antitrust Case, Email Attachments and Privilege

Array on 8/19/2024

Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of August 5-11. Here’s what’s...more

The Sound of “Silent Attorneys”: DOJ Alleges Google Fakes Attorney-Client Privilege by CCing Lawyers Who Never Respond

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 5/13/2022

If a request for legal advice goes unanswered, is it really a request for legal advice? According to the U.S. Department of Justice and several state attorneys general (“DOJ Plaintiffs”) in an antitrust action against...more

Dicey Application of Legal Privilege in Data Cases

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/30/2022

Certain information generated by your company, even the results of entire investigations, may be legally protected from exposure to people outside the company. While this seems like the holy grail to executives worried about...more

Google’s Union Campaign Strategy Documents Not Privileged, NLRB Administrative Law Judge

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/6/2021

Google recently suffered a blow in its ongoing National Labor Relations Board litigation, when an Administrative Law Judge appointed to rule on a discovery dispute ordered the Silicon Valley company to turn over the lion’s...more

ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

Rivkin Radler LLP on 3/15/2021

On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

Alexa, can you hear my clients? Confidentiality Obligations in the Coronavirus Work from Home Era

McGlinchey Stafford on 3/28/2020

Confidentiality is fundamental to the client-lawyer relationship. Are you talking to your lawyer within earshot of a family member or a third person? Are you talking to your lawyer within earshot of a listening device?...more