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Poyner Spruill LLP

The Common Interest Doctrine: Lessons on avoiding an inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege

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Most lawyers are familiar with the general rule that a client waives the attorney-client privilege by disclosing the privileged information to third parties. The common interest doctrine, however, provides an exception to...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

New York and North Carolina Take a Narrow Approach to Common Interest Doctrine

Brief Summary - The "common interest doctrine" generally protects attorney-client communications, even if such communications are disclosed to a third party, as long as the third party shares a common legal interest with...more

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