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Dubai Court of Cassation Recognises the Concept of Without Prejudice Settlement Discussions

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Introduction - In a recent judgment in Case No. 486 of 2024 (issued on 22 October 2024), the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) upheld the decision of the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) (issued on 3 April...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta : Précisions sur la portée des demandes d’organismes de réglementation et la renonciation au secret professionnel

Dans la décision CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v. ITP SA (la « décision »), la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (« CAA ») a passé en revue les principes relatifs au privilège relatif au litige et à la renonciation à ce privilège...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Comply with Demands by Regulators and “Waive” Goodbye to Privilege? New Alberta Guidance on Scope of Regulatory Requests

In CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v. ITP SA (Decision), the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) revisited the principles of privilege and waiver of privilege in the context of two reports that arose from an internal...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Shareholder Inspection Rights Are Not An Automatic Right To Attorneys’ Fees

Recently the Court of Appeals has addressed a director’s inspection rights, and shareholder inspection rights and the associated opportunity to recover attorney fees and other expenses incurred in securing the inspection of...more

White & Case LLP

No third party production: FRC loses its demand for Sports Direct's privileged documents

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Court battles with regulators over privilege and the disclosure of documents are becoming increasingly common. However, it is not often that you see a regulator seeking to obtain the privileged documents of a third party who...more

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SL Claimants v Tesco: High Court clarifies the confidentiality of documents referred to in separate criminal proceedings

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In SL Claimants v Tesco Plc,1 the High Court considered a number of issues relating to disclosure during the fourth case management conference in those proceedings. Of particular interest to practitioners and parties to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Structuring Investigations In Light Of UK Privilege Case

The English Court of Appeal's much - anticipated decision on legal professional privilege in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd. contains mixed news for companies conducting...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Federal Appeals Court Slams Data Breach Privilege Claim

In the most recent object lesson in a data breach privilege case, a federal appeals court has ordered a Michigan-based mortgage lender to turn over privileged forensic investigatory documents after the investigator’s...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In Allied v. OSMI, the Circuit affirms dismissal of a declaratory judgment action even though Allied’s Mexican distributors had been sued in Mexico on a corresponding Mexican patent. In a first Waymo v. Uber case, the panel...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

D.C. Circuit Once Again Upholds Privilege Over Internal Investigation Documents

In United States ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton Co. et al., a qui tam suit we previously covered, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals once again ruled that defense contractor KBR Inc.’s internal investigation...more

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