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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

PetSmart Tells PE Firms to GetSmart on Privilege

How PE firms can minimize attorney-client privilege risks after Argos Holdings Inc. and PetSmart Inc. v. Wilmington Trust N.A. PE firms face a variety of litigation and deal-related attorney-client privilege challenges...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Federal Court of Appeal Affirms Common Interest Privilege in Deal Context

On March 6, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal (Court) released its reasons in Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue) confirming common interest privilege as a valid exception to waiver in non-litigious...more

K&L Gates LLP

Maximizing Efficiency, Minimizing Risk: Understanding the Common Interest Doctrine

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The common interest doctrine provides that, if two or more separately represented entities with a common legal, factual, or strategic interest exchange information with each other and their respective lawyers, a communication...more

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2017 M&A Report

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In 2016, the number of reported M&A transactions worldwide dipped by 2%, from a record 34,838 deals in 2015 to 34,191, but still represented the second highest annual tally since 2000. Worldwide M&A deal value decreased 16%,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New York Court of Appeals Rejects More General Application of Common-Interest Privilege in M&A Settings

New York’s highest court has rejected an attempt to expand the state’s common-interest doctrine, and reinstated the New York rule that the doctrine only applies in the context of actual or threatened litigation. Citing the...more

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