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[Webinar] Are Large Language Models Like GPT Secure? A Look at the Technology and the Law. - September 28th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm BST

In an age of digital transformation, the legal industry is increasingly thinking about using AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT for document review, legal research, and even writing legal briefs. Yet, in our...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Outside Director Communications: Maximizing the Potential to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

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Email communications can be a trap for unwary independent directors. The December 2020 In re WeWork Litigation decision illustrates the point, as discussed in this earlier blog. Specifically, directors who often use corporate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Law Governing Attorney-Client Privilege for Emails Hosted on Noncompany Servers Continues To Evolve in Delaware

Delaware Rule of Evidence 502(b) codifies the attorney-client privilege and insulates from discovery “confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services to the...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

NY Court Re-Affirms Privilege Protection for Personal Emails Sent by Law Firm Partner on Firm Email Account

Citing new deposition testimony, actor Justin Theroux in a recent motion asked the New York Supreme Court to reconsider its December 2020 denial of Theroux’s motion to compel production of emails that his neighbor, Norman...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Firm’s Computer Policy Doesn’t Undermine Claim of Privilege Over “Private” Communications With Counsel

New York City apartment living can spawn interesting legal disputes when neighbors fail to resolve their grievances amicably and resort to the courts. Sometimes these disputes bring fanfare as well as opportunities to...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

First Department Finds Work-Product Protection Not Waived by Storage of Documents on Company Laptop

On June 6, 2017, the First Department had an opportunity to apply—and reaffirm—last month’s decision in Peerenboom v. Marvel Entm’t, LLC, where the Court held that use of a company email system for personal purposes “does...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Email Users Beware: Companies and Corporate Officers Should Evaluate Email Practices in Light of Delaware Chancery Court Decision

On September 5, 2013, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that the attorney-client privilege does not protect from disclosure emails sent by corporate officers to their personal attorneys using the company’s email account. In...more

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