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Attorney-Client Privilege Privilege Waivers Discovery Disputes

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Notable Developments In Massachusetts Law: Business Litigation Session Adopts First Circuit Standard For Subject Matter Waiver Of...

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On July 25, 2025, Superior Court Business Litigation Session Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee issued a significant decision regarding the attorney-client privilege and clarifying the contours of the work product doctrine in...more

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Still Using General Objections? See How One Party’s Use Led to Waiver

This week, we’re delving into the post-2015 landscape of discovery objections and the critical lessons from Bocock v. Innovate Corp., a case that serves as a stark reminder of the perils of general objections and 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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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Review

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Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The E-Discovery Digest - June 2017

The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

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

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

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