Appeals, Attorney-Client Privilege, Corporate Counsel

Florida Law Update: Slack Messages May Be Privileged Communication

Lowndes on 4/24/2025

Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal (6th DCA), which considers appeals from trial courts in an area running from Orange County down to Collier County, recently confirmed that discovery privileges apply to communications...more

Reminder: When Are Communications with Corporate Counsel Privileged?

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/6/2021

To foster open and honest communications with counsel, it is critically important that those communications are protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. But, not every communication with counsel is...more

Protecting Internal Investigation Materials From Disclosure

Perkins Coie on 8/11/2020

In United States ex rel. Wollman v. Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Inc., No. CV 15-11890-ADB, 2020 WL 4352915 (D. Mass. July 29, 2020), yet another district court agreed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...more

Ahead of the pack: US M&A 2019: Key dealmaking decisions from Delaware and New York

White & Case LLP on 2/19/2020

We focus on two H2 2019 rulings that could affect M&A transactions in the future. Genuine Parts: Acceptance of termination fee does not prevent further remedies - In September 2019, the Delaware Chancery Court refused to...more

Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Three key M&A decisions from Delaware courts

White & Case LLP on 8/12/2019

The first half of 2019 saw several decisions from the Delaware courts that will affect M&A dealmaking - Aruba: Supreme Court awards "deal price less synergies" in closely watched appraisal case - Rejecting the Chancery...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/7/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

UK Court of Appeal Grants ENRC Permission to Appeal Widely Criticised Privilege Ruling - and Law Society Seeks to Intervene

A&O Shearman on 11/15/2017

On October 11, 2017, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation was granted permission by the Court of Appeal to appeal the High Court's ruling articulating a significant restriction on the scope of legal professional privilege...more

First Department Finds Work-Product Protection Not Waived by Storage of Documents on Company Laptop

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 6/13/2017

On June 6, 2017, the First Department had an opportunity to apply—and reaffirm—last month’s decision in Peerenboom v. Marvel Entm’t, LLC, where the Court held that use of a company email system for personal purposes “does...more

California Supreme Court Concludes Attorney Invoices Privileged During Ongoing Litigation

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 1/11/2017

Attorney invoices may be protected in their entirety by the attorney-client privilege during ongoing litigation. After litigation has concluded, however, those same invoices may be discoverable. So concludes the California...more

ALERT: New York Appellate Court Recognizes In-Firm Privilege

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 7/7/2016

July 7, 2016 David P. Atkins On June 30, 2016, the New York State Appellate Division for the First Department (Manhattan) issued a significant decision on the scope of the so-called in-firm attorney-client privilege....more

Whew! That Was Close – D.C. Circuit Reaffirms Application of Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product Doctrine in...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/22/2015

On August 11, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a writ of mandamus supporting the robust applicability of the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product doctrines in the context of False...more

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