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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Declares the End of the ‘Shareholder Rule’ Regarding Privilege

In a landmark ruling handed down on 24 July 2025 (Jardine Strategic Limited (Appellant) v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and 80 others (Respondents) No 2 (Bermuda) [2025] UKPC 34), the Judicial Committee of the Privy...more

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Shareholder Access to Privileged Documents: Views From England and the United States

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In England and the United States, legal professional privilege or attorney-client privilege is considered fundamental to the administration of justice, allowing clients to make confidential, full, and frank disclosure to...more

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No Lawyer Required: Part I

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The very term “attorney-client privilege” would seem to necessitate a lawyer’s involvement in any communications deserving that evidentiary protection. But in some critical intra-corporate situations, the protection covers...more

Venable LLP

To Be or Not to Be...Discoverable: Third-Party Litigation Funders

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Should California courts permit litigants to conduct discovery into litigation funding, namely whether a third party is funding their adversary’s litigation efforts?...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe: Commercial Division Protects Corporate Client Communications Under the Common-Interest Doctrine

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The attorney-client privilege is an old and well-known evidentiary privilege. It fosters candor between attorney and client, protects confidential information from being revealed to others, and ensures that the attorney can...more

Jenner & Block

Privilege Newsletter: Fitting Consultants Within the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection – Cyber Breach...

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Cyber attacks are increasingly frequent and virulent. An intruder may lurk in a company’s computer system for years, or an attack may be sudden and catastrophic. Millions of people’s personal information and companies’...more

Hogan Lovells

Protecting attorney work product in internal investigations: A cautionary tale

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On May 1, 2020, the D.C. Circuit denied RPM International’s petition for a writ of mandamus to vacate a district court order compelling disclosure of interview memoranda prepared by outside counsel to the Securities and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Protecting the Privacy of Privileged Internal Investigations

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Internal investigations by outside counsel are an essential tool for corporations to ensure they are compliant with governing regulations and statutes, particularly when they are faced with allegations of potential...more

Butler Snow LLP

Attorney-Client Privilege Might Die With Your Company

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If you have ever been involved in litigation relating to a defunct company, then you know that problems such as who will serve as the Rule 30(b)(6) representative and who will verify the answers to interrogatories or provide...more

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