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With the recent wave of ransomware and other security incidents, it is now more important than ever for impacted organizations to have a thorough understanding of each element of a proper data breach response. That includes...more
This blog post is the fourth in a series on common ethical challenges that arise when preparing for and conducting depositions. Quite often corporate employers want outside counsel to represent both the corporation and...more
The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the common law privileges for withholding confidential communications recognized in American jurisprudence. It allows a person to seek legal advice and representation without...more
3: Preparing Your Inside Team - Preservation, Privilege, Potential Pitfalls -This is the third in a series of articles that explores considerations and suggested actions for in-house counsel who are inexperienced in patent...more
A recent privilege dispute in E.D.N.Y. case La Liberte v. Reid provides a prime opportunity to review the law and practical aspects surrounding attorney-client privilege, work product protection, and the crime-fraud exception...more
The New York Court of Appeals recently clarified and reinforced the attorney-client privilege, explaining that certain internal training materials reflecting legal analysis of statutory, regulatory, and decisional law...more
A bedrock feature of the attorney-client relationship is the privilege protecting legal-advice communications from prying eyes. Confidential communications between a client and her lawyer are protected to a degree not found...more
Host Mary O'Brien is joined by Wilson Sonsini corporate partner Craig Sherman as she interviews Bungie General Counsel Don McGowan to discuss forging strong attorney-client relationships. Conversation Highlights: Don...more
The Supreme Court’s blockbuster decisions last term dominated the headlines – and many rulings will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an...more
A federal court in Kansas recently granted Defendant Sandvik Mining and Construction’s motion to quash a deposition subpoena of its in-house counsel. Roadbuilders Machinery and Supply Co., Inc. v. Sandvik Mining and...more
When corporate management requests or obtains legal advice from corporate counsel, management expects those communications to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, and usually they are. But there are...more
In December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) made a preliminary ruling which will herald a significant, and welcome, impact on the treatment of lawyer-client communications by the EU courts. The...more
At some point in their careers, most in-house counsel will be asked about the application of the attorney-client privilege or work on matters in which they will have to become familiar and comfortable with the application of...more
I just came across a decision issued in the District of Massachusetts, Logue v. The Rand Corporation, and it reminded me of some key aspects of the attorney-client privilege related to in-house counsel about which I have...more
The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide when attorney-client privilege will apply to communications viewed by courts as made for both legal and other purposes. In October 2022, the Court granted certiorari in In...more
The English High Court has issued a stern reminder that legal professional privilege is not absolute, and that orders may be made for the disclosure of documents "notwithstanding any apparent privilege with which they may be...more
Privilege is a legal concept that can have a significant impact on internal investigations. It refers to certain types of communications or documents that are protected from disclosure because they are considered confidential...more
Every day in corporate America, in-house and outside legal counsel attend meetings and correspond by email with their clients about both legal and business matters. Often it difficult to separate the legal and non-legal parts...more
Shortly after oral arguments on the correct standard for assessing the application of mixed-purpose communications in In re Grand Jury, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed its writ of certiorari as improvidently granted. To...more
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 23, 2023, in a per curiam slip opinion that it would not consider whether communications including both legal and non-legal advice are protected by attorney-client privilege. The...more
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 9, 2023, regarding how federal courts should determine when the attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose communications. The central question in the case before...more
Yesterday, I wrote about the Securities and Exchange Commission's attempt to force the prominent law firm of Covington & Burling LLP. In some discussions about the case, some have assumed that the concern is about...more
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
The Supreme Court just heard arguments in a case that could transform the way in-house and outside attorneys communicate with their clients every single day. The issue before SCOTUS in the case of In re Grand Jury is whether...more
It happens often enough that lawyers receive communications from clients that have a “dual purpose.” In part the communication seeks legal advice. In part, though, the communication asks for business, or family, or personal...more