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In re Grand Jury: Supreme Court Considers the Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege for “Dual-Purpose Communications”

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The firm petitioned the Supreme Court for review, asserting a three-way split between the Ninth Circuit (which it described as applying a primary purpose standard), the D.C. Circuit (described as applying its preferred...more

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

U.S. Supreme Court To Address Attorney-Client Privilege In Tax Case

Takeaway: The Supreme Court is expected to clarify the question of whether attorney-client privilege applies in “dual-purpose” communications in situations where law firms provide clients with both legal and non-legal advice....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Ninth Circuit Adopts New Standard for Discovery of Grand Jury Evidence

In In re: Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation (ODD), the Ninth Circuit rejected the “effect test” in favor of a streamlined approach to evaluating civil discovery seeking grand jury evidence and allowed antitrust...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Investigation into Generic Pharmaceutical Pricing Signals Potential Criminal Exposure

The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) recently served two U.S.-based generic pharmaceutical manufacturers with criminal grand jury subpoenas. It is reported that the subpoenas request all...more

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