As anyone faced with discovery requests knows, one of the most important parts of producing documents is determining what documents are subject to attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine and must therefore be...more
“We are family.” If you are like many people, you can’t read those words without singing them. Unlike the joyous refrains of Sister Sledge, however, the idea of family may take on a more ominous tone when viewed in the...more
“But in-house counsel was copied on the email, isn’t that enough?”
When a business faces the prospect of producing documents in litigation, determining which documents are protected by the attorney-client privilege and...more
A recent North Carolina Court of Appeals decision exemplifies how an overreliance on technology in e-discovery can risk trampling on fundamental privileges and rights....more