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Safeguarding Privilege Between Counsel and Investigations and Crisis Communications Consultants

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When a corporate crisis hits, attorneys often bring in investigators and PR consultants to uncover facts and manage reputational risk. But without the right structure, those critical communications may not be protected by...more

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Minority Owners May Be Able to Obtain Privileged Company Documents in Ownership Disputes

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When corporate management requests or obtains legal advice from corporate counsel, management expects those communications to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, and usually they are. But there are...more

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Attorney-Client Privilege Issues: When Directors Can Access Privileged Corporate Records

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Those with ownership stakes in privately held businesses, partnerships, or family offices need to closely collaborate with and trust others. When disagreements and disputes over rights and responsibilities arise, individual...more

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The Attorney Client Privilege: The Corporate Communication Conundrum – PART ONE

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“But in-house counsel was copied on the email, isn’t that enough?” When a business faces the prospect of producing documents in litigation, determining which documents are protected by the attorney-client privilege and...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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