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Court Adopts Variation of Bizarre Privilege Principle

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Several courts have adopted a nonsensical principle that, as one court put it, “[w]hen documents are prepared for dissemination to third parties, neither the document itself, nor preliminary drafts, are entitled to immunity.”...more

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[Webinar] Taint Teams Virtual Roundtable Discussion - April 26th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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Join Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant, Retired Magistrate Judge John O’Sullivan, and attorneys Mark Lesko and Jane Raskin for an interactive roundtable discussion on the challenges, best practices, and precedents surrounding the...more

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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

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No legal advice privilege over lawyers' notes of interviews with employees

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Astex Therapeutics Limited v Astrazeneca AB [2016] EWHC 2759 (Ch), 8 November 2016 - In-house and external lawyers' attendance notes of conversations with employees of a client company who are not directly involved in...more

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