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Safeguarding Privilege Between Counsel and Investigations and Crisis Communications Consultants

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When a corporate crisis hits, attorneys often bring in investigators and PR consultants to uncover facts and manage reputational risk. But without the right structure, those critical communications may not be protected by...more

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Florida Law Update: Slack Messages May Be Privileged Communication

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Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal (6th DCA), which considers appeals from trial courts in an area running from Orange County down to Collier County, recently confirmed that discovery privileges apply to communications...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Sued: What In-house Counsel Without Litigation Experience Need to Know - Preparing Your Inside Team

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3: Preparing Your Inside Team - Preservation, Privilege, Potential Pitfalls -This is the third in a series of articles that explores considerations and suggested actions for in-house counsel who are inexperienced in patent...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Review of Attorney-Client Privilege, Work Product Doctrine, and the Crime-Fraud Exception

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A recent privilege dispute in E.D.N.Y. case La Liberte v. Reid provides a prime opportunity to review the law and practical aspects surrounding attorney-client privilege, work product protection, and the crime-fraud exception...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Swords and Shields: Forging Strong Attorney-Client Relationships

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Host Mary O'Brien is joined by Wilson Sonsini corporate partner Craig Sherman as she interviews Bungie General Counsel Don McGowan to discuss forging strong attorney-client relationships. Conversation Highlights: Don...more

Allen Matkins

SEC Suit Against Covington & Burling Threatens More Than Attorney-Client Privileged Information

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Yesterday, I wrote about the Securities and Exchange Commission's attempt to force the prominent law firm of Covington & Burling LLP.  In some discussions about the case, some have assumed that the concern is about...more

Sands Anderson PC

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Application of Attorney-Client Privilege

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It happens often enough that lawyers receive communications from clients that have a “dual purpose.” In part the communication seeks legal advice. In part, though, the communication asks for business, or family, or personal...more

Sullivan & Worcester

A Refresher on Legal Privileges for Client Communications

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The multitude of new digital communications and social media platforms available in today’s technologically advanced world is a double-edged sword. As helpful as they are in speeding communications, opening new avenues of...more

WilmerHale

Protecting Common-Interest Privilege and Work-Product Protections: Guidance from Recent Decisions

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Two recent decisions from Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware address common-interest and attorney work-product protection issues that arose in the bankruptcy...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Is My In-House Message Privileged? 9th Circuit Clarifies Test for Attorney-Client Privilege and Dual-Purpose Communications

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The 9th Circuit recently clarified the bounds of the attorney-client privilege. While the basic assessment of the privilege is simple (it protects confidential communications between attorneys and clients made for the purpose...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Another Court Finds Public Relations Consultants Outside Privilege Protection

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Companies dealing with the pandemic (and finding themselves in pandemic-triggered future litigation) may seek public relations consultants’ assistance. Companies and their lawyers should remember that most courts reject...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The E-Discovery Digest - March 2018

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The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

An Inside Job: Highlights From November’s ACC Presentation

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On November 8, 2017, Suzzanne W. Decker, a Principal in the Miles & Stockbridge Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group, and Sandra McLelland, Managing Counsel at Under Armour, presented a webinar to members...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Privilege Waiver: Is Your File-Sharing Site a Public Park Bench?

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While courts and the Federal Rules of Evidence take an increasingly pragmatic approach to the question of when inadvertent disclosure of privileged information results in waiver, a recent federal magistrate’s ruling serves as...more

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