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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

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

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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

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Ninth Circuit Adopts New Standard for Discovery of Grand Jury Evidence

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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

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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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