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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About . . . Dawn Raids

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In today’s regulatory landscape, dawn raids — surprise, on-the-spot government inspections — have become increasingly prevalent, especially in Europe, Asia, and South America, where regulatory scrutiny is intensifying. In the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Delaware Federal Court Cleverly Finesses Frequently Arising Privilege Issue

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Nearly every court requires that litigants analyze possible privilege and work product protection for each attachment included in a withheld email or other document. This understandable approach raises an obvious question...more

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Legal advice privilege subject to “dominant purpose” test – how to deal with multi-party email communications

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The dominant purpose of a communication must be to obtain, or give, legal advice for legal advice privilege to apply. The Court of Appeal considers how, in the light of this, to analyse privilege and internal multi-party...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Common Interest Doctrine and Attorney-Client Privilege Protect Distributor’s Email Communication with Defendant

In a January 14, 2020, order, the Northern District of Illinois granted in part and denied in part, a plaintiff’s motion to compel the production of documents withheld as privileged. The court found that an email between the...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Judge Kaplan Orders Return of Documents Inadvertently Produced

Ruling on a motion seeking the return of inadvertently produced privilege materials, Judge Kaplan elaborated on the meaning of “inadvertent” in the context of Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5) and so-called...more

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Secondment of In-House Counsel and Legal Privilege

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In Asplenium Land v Lam Chye Shing (2019), the Singapore High Court had to consider whether emails to and from a person acting as a company’s legal counsel were protected by legal advice privilege where that person had been...more

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