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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Handy client guide to privilege

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We have published a client guide to legal professional privilege under English law. This guide comprises: A decision tree: intended as a quick reference to help determine which documents can legitimately be withheld on...more

Minerva26

Privilege Log, Privilege Log — It’s All About the Description

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A privilege log is the absolute bane of an attorney’s existence. I don’t mean it isn’t important and a critical component of discovery, but the level of planning, analysis and detail required to complete such a log is...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Your Attorney Cannot Always Shield You From the FOIA

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Clients sometimes include me on communications merely to protect themselves from Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), believing that anything sent to me is automatically covered by the attorney-client privilege. ...more

Goldberg Segalla

Representation without Representation?

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The Pennsylvania Office of Disciplinary Counsel has accused a Philadelphia attorney of initiating a high-profile lawsuit without client authorization. Reportedly, the attorney filed suit on behalf of the father of a deceased...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Understanding Attorney-Client Privilege

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Attorney-client privilege.  Most people have heard of it, and most have a general idea it means. But what, exactly, is attorney-client privilege?  What's its purpose?  What does it cover?  When does it begin and end?  Can...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Client Confidentiality in the Age of Coronavirus [More with McGlinchey Ep. 2]

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Confidentiality is fundamental to the client-lawyer relationship. It encourages candid communication between client and lawyer and assists the lawyer in more effectively representing the client. In this episode, McGlinchey...more

A&O Shearman

M&A Watch: Keep Your Hands Off My Privilege! Delaware Revisits Privileged Communications In Private M&A Transactions

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In Shareholder Representative Services LLC v. RSI Holdco, LLC, C.A. No. 2018-0517-KSJM (Del. Ch. May 29, 2019), the Delaware Court of Chancery applied guidance from its earlier ruling in Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Attorney Client Privilege is Not Dead – At Least Not in Pennsylvania

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Confidential information that you give to your attorney is still protected in Pennsylvania. The duty to keep your information confidential is known as the attorney-client privilege. The duty is called a “privilege” because it...more

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