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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

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Assessing Privilege Protection for Training Materials and Presentations: Part II

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Last week’s Privilege Point described a court’s initial rejection but later acceptance of a county’s claim of privilege and work product protection for internal employee training. Hipschman v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No....more

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Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds that, Under Section 311 of MCARE, Matters Reviewed Do Not Require a Document Be Specifically...

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Lahr v. Lehigh Valley Hosp., Inc., 2023 WL 8665017 (Pa. Super. Dec. 15, 2023) - The trial court had ordered production of patient safety reports which were (i) prepared in accordance with MCARE, (ii) intended to be...more

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March’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

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This Sidley Update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: 1. an order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granting a motion to compel...more

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As Corporate Counsel Look to Cut Costs, Here’s How You Can Prepare

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Two-thirds of corporate counsel will bring work in-house next year to reduce costs: That’s the major takeaway from an industry survey from Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) released this fall....more

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Don’t Let Redactions Cause Distractions: How to Properly Censor and Remove Information when Reviewing and Producing Documents

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Redacted legal documents can create a host of issues when not handled properly during document review. Here are some common redaction mistakes – and tips on how to avoid them....more

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Privilege: Privacy and Confidentiality Are Not to Be Equated

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In Jinxin Inc v Aser Media PTE Ltd & Others, the High Court of England and Wales determined that directors’ personal emails and documents on a company’s computer system were confidential, despite the company’s ability to...more

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Is Privilege Waived When Cooperating with a Police Investigation?

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As Justice Tyndale once stated in a decision rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal (QCA), "It is common sense that a secret once revealed is a secret no longer." This adage has since been widely used in support of the...more

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Inadvertent Disclosure and Privilege Claw-Back

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The dramatics of the Alex Jones trial have many litigators stirring about inadvertent disclosure of privileged information and what needs to be done to properly claw it back. The sheer volume of discovery that is exchanged...more

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Litigation Experts Encourage Wider Use of Privilege Protection Orders

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Federal litigators aren’t taking sufficient advantage of 2008 amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 502, which gives them the authority to obtain protective orders that can stem the damage from inadvertent disclosure of...more

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Stats Show Active Tax Whistleblower Caseload

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On January 6, 2020, the IRS Whistleblower Office released its annual report to Congress. The Office reported that it collected $616.8 million in fiscal year 2019 as a result of information provided by whistleblowers, out of...more

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Does The Privilege Protect Internal Corporate Training Manuals?

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Because the attorney-client privilege ultimately rests on clients' request for legal advice about facts they give their lawyers, most courts extend privilege protection to those communications and to lawyers' specific legal...more

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Who Owns the Privilege?: Part I

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Courts analyzing the attorney-client privilege's ownership rights necessarily determine the privileged documents' physical possession, as well as authority to assert and waive the privilege. Not surprisingly, such dispositive...more

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What’s Privilege Got to Do With It? Practical Tips for Managing Bank Regulators Access to Attorney-Client Privileged Information

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The attorney-client privilege, which prohibits the compelled disclosure of confidential communications between an attorney and their client, is enshrined in common law and statutory codes across the country. See, e.g., Cal....more

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“Burn Files” and Employee Self-Help: Effective Policies Protect Documents Wrongfully Taken by Former Employee

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A New Jersey appellate court recently upheld the disqualification of a former employee’s attorneys in a whistleblower claim against his former employer, because the employee had improperly taken documents containing...more

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Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents? Some Suggested Steps after the Initial Panic!

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In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of documents (electronic or otherwise), an attorney is ethically obligated to promptly notify the sender of the attorney’s receipt of the documents. It is then up to the sender to...more

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Credentials Materials Are Not Privileged Under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Klaine v. Southern Illinois Hospital Services, 2016 IL. 118217 that a physician’s application for hospital privileges, which included information obtained from the National...more

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