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Construction Industry Attorney-Client Privilege

Baker Donelson

The Rise of AI and Technological Advancements in the Construction Industry Increases Litigation and Disclosure Risks

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In a rapidly evolving digital age, it is essential for contractors to understand the potential risks when managing voluminous amounts of project data and rolling out new communication platforms to employees. Certain policies...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Merely Copying In-House Counsel Does Not Necessarily Establish Attorney-Client Privilege

Businesses who employ in-house attorneys frequently assume that copying their lawyer on internal communications shields the communications from discovery because of the attorney-client privilege. In 1981, the U.S. Supreme...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? Making Jack Talk – The Attorney Client Privilege

Dear YouDig?, I am dealing with a very sensitive problem related to a large project. Someone on our team may have (and I emphasize MAY) done something that could put us in jeopardy. I don’t like to hire lawyers. Who does? I...more

Williams Mullen

A Road Map to Effective Use of Environmental Lawyers and Consultants

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Working with an environmental lawyer and an environmental consultant, often a hydrogeologist or an engineer, does not have to shorten your life span.  Both professionals add value to a challenging environmental problem.  The...more

Snell & Wilmer

Legal Accountability and Construction Accidents: Investigating, Reporting and Engaging Outside Counsel

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Construction accidents are inevitable, even for clients who implement and enforce a meticulous safety plan on a project. Despite best intentions and protections afforded to contractors, employees, subcontractors, vendors and...more

White and Williams LLP

Top Developments – February 2017

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JP Energy Marketing, LLC v. Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, et al., No. 115285, 2018 Okla. LEXIS 11 (Okla. Feb. 5, 2018) - Oklahoma Supreme Court in a case of first impression authorizes an award of appeal-related...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

The Common Interest Privilege May Offer More Protection Than You Thought.

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Consider for a moment a situation when an Owner and a General Contractor want to exchange confidential communications relating to a potential legal matter. When the Owner and Contractor are not both parties in a suit, what...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Are Antitrust Compliance Programs Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege?

We’ve previously written about the components of effective antitrust compliance programs and the potential benefits corporations may achieve by adopting them. In drafting compliance programs, however, corporations should be...more

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