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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Quash Service of Summons Successful in California

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Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Four - Blanca Hernandez, et al., v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. This litigation arises from claims of asbestos exposure. The plaintiffs allege the...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege...

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On Feb. 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Sept. 13, 2023 affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order compelling a partner at a law firm and the firm to...more

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After Oral Argument, High Court Seems Poised to Preserve FDCPA Status Quo

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In Rotkiske v. Klemm, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to do what many plaintiffs’ attorneys have dreamed of for years:  effectively expand the FDCPA’s one-year statute of limitations by applying the “discovery rule” to...more

King & Spalding

UK Court Takes a “Realistic” and “Commercial” Approach to Litigation Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations

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In a judgment handed down at the end of 2017, but only recently released, the High Court in London has determined - in Bilta (UK) Ltd v RBS - that interviews held with employees in preparation of a report intended to deter a...more

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High Court Rules That Litigation Privilege Can Apply in Respect of Internal Investigations

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In Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) & Ors v Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Mercuria Energy Europe Trading Limited [2017] EWCH 3535 (Ch) (“Bilta v RBS”), the High Court upheld RBS’s claim of litigation privilege over documents...more

Carlton Fields

Second Circuit Holds Section 1782 Discovery Is Available For Use In A Foreign Or International Proceeding Even Where Applicant...

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This case arose out of a dispute between Intervenors-Appellants Yves Bouvier and MEI Invest Ltd. (collectively, “Bouvier”) and Petitioners-Appellees Accent Delight International Ltd. and Xitrans Finance Ltd. (collectively,...more

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English Court Questions the Application of Litigation Privilege in Criminal Investigations

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On 8 May 2017, the English High Court of Justice handed down judgment in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd,1 which could significantly limit the application of litigation...more

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The Degrees of Truth: When is Dismissal with Prejudice Warranted?

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An essential principle of our legal system is that people are supposed to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Yet although individuals giving testimony swear an oath to tell the truth, they often have...more

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New York and North Carolina Take a Narrow Approach to Common Interest Doctrine

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Brief Summary - The "common interest doctrine" generally protects attorney-client communications, even if such communications are disclosed to a third party, as long as the third party shares a common legal interest with...more

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