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Does Disclosing Legal Advice to Financial Advisors Waive Privilege? Part I

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Companies that retain financial advisors to assist in transactions necessarily share intimate confidential corporate information with them. But can they safely share legal advice with such advisors without risking a privilege...more

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Assessing Privilege Protection for Training Materials and Presentations: Part I

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Lawyers and non-lawyers frequently train their corporate colleagues. Determining any applicable attorney-client privilege or work product protections can implicate a number of variables....more

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Preserving Privilege in Internal Investigations

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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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

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The Crypto King’s and Others’ Reliance on Legal Advice: Part III

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The last two Privilege Points have addressed the implied waiver implications of litigants (defendant in the Crypto King’s trial and plaintiff in the case described last week) relying on legal advice to defend against or...more

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The Crypto King’s and Others’ Reliance on Legal Advice: Part II

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Last week’s Privilege Point described an “advice of counsel” issue that arose in Bankman-Fried’s recent criminal trial. The day after S.D.N.Y. Judge Kaplan’s ruling in that case, another court dealt with this issue....more

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Key differences in the legal privileges in the US and England

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The US concepts of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine are rooted in England’s and Wales’s legal advice and litigation privileges. The primary purpose of the attorney-client privilege and the legal...more

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Navigating Dual Purpose Communications After SCOTUS (Almost) Weighs in on Attorney-Client Privilege: 5 Practical Tips for...

Inside and outside healthcare counsel should know that the way they guide clients through legal and business issues may need to change based on a recent Ninth Circuit case governing the protections afforded to attorney-client...more

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Navigating Attorney-Client Privilege in Mixed-Purpose Communications

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A recent U.S. Supreme Court case, In re Grand Jury, captured the attention of lawyers nationwide who hoped it would provide guidance on the application of attorney-client privilege to “mixed-purpose” communications between...more

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Supreme Court Leaves Open the Extent of Privilege Protection for Attorney-Client Communications with Dual Legal and Business...

Every day in corporate America, in-house and outside legal counsel attend meetings and correspond by email with their clients about both legal and business matters. Often it difficult to separate the legal and non-legal parts...more

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Check Your Privilege: Is the Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege Narrowing?

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The “attorney-client privilege” may be the most well-known and misunderstood legal principles. Both attorneys and clients often make broad assumptions about its scope and application. When these assumptions turn out to be...more

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Docket Check Update: US Supreme Court Declines to Decide Whether Attorney-Client Privilege Protects Dual-Purpose Communications

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The U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 23, 2023, in a per curiam slip opinion that it would not consider whether communications including both legal and non-legal advice are protected by attorney-client privilege. The...more

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US Supreme Court to Consider Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege in Dual-Purpose Communications

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 9, 2023, regarding how federal courts should determine when the attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose communications. The central question in the case before...more

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The Sound of “Silent Attorneys”: Judge Orders Google to Re-Review Emails Withheld for Privilege to which Counsel Never Responded

Back in May, we wrote about a pending motion before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in which the U.S. Department of Justice and several state attorneys general (“DOJ Plaintiffs”) sought to sanction...more

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