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A Vessel Without a Port & Loose Lips | The Attorney-Client Privilege

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In the 1993 film The Firm, attorney Mitchell McDeere (played by Tom Cruise) must confront Joey Morolto (played by Paul Sorvino), the head of the Morolto crime family and a top client of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, the law firm...more

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Preserving Privilege in Internal Investigations

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One thing leaders of organizations routinely recognize is that “you never know what tomorrow will bring.” Another common slogan is “life happens.” If “life” happens to bring the organization a situation that could expose the...more

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Balancing Act: Sharing Information From an Internal Investigation Without Waiving Privilege

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A whistleblower has triggered a race against time: An internal inquiry, directed by the audit committee and overseen by external counsel, has been launched in response to allegations that revenue was recorded without proper...more

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Does a Client Risk Privilege Protection by Bringing Her Mother to a Lawyer Meeting?

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Because it is absolute and can hide important facts from easy discovery, the attorney-client privilege is hard to create, narrow, and fragile. Among other things, even friendly third parties' presence can abort privilege...more

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Does Sharing Work Product with the Government Always Waive that Protection?

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For decades, companies trying to cooperate with the government have hoped for a change in the general rule that disclosing privileged communications and/or work product to the government waives those protections. In nearly...more

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