Attorney-Client Privilege, Corporate Dissolution

Can A Dissolved Corporation Claim Privilege Protection?

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/12/2019

Deceased individuals' privilege protection survives their death, and bankrupt companies can also claim privilege protection under certain circumstances (although it may be owned by a trustee). But as the court in Affiniti...more

Court Rules Attorney-Client Privilege Ceases To Exist When Corporation Ceases To Exist Without Successor

Allen Matkins on 5/9/2016

The LLC May Well Be The Platypus Of Business Organizations - What happens to the attorney-client privilege when a corporation dissolves? Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim recently answered that question in Virtue Global...more

Privileged No More: Court Finds Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Survive After “Death” of a Corporation

Butler Snow LLP on 7/11/2015

The attorney-client privilege is one of the most powerful arrows in the quiver of corporate counsel because of the sheer volume of different situations in which it can be used. The privilege comes in handy for corporate...more

Attorney-Client Privilege Might Die With Your Company

Butler Snow LLP on 5/1/2015

If you have ever been involved in litigation relating to a defunct company, then you know that problems such as who will serve as the Rule 30(b)(6) representative and who will verify the answers to interrogatories or provide...more