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Businesses Get Big Privacy Win in Tester Plaintiffs’ Wiretapping Case: 3 Key Takeaways

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In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Outside Director Communications: Maximizing the Potential to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

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Email communications can be a trap for unwary independent directors. The December 2020 In re WeWork Litigation decision illustrates the point, as discussed in this earlier blog. Specifically, directors who often use corporate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Law Governing Attorney-Client Privilege for Emails Hosted on Noncompany Servers Continues To Evolve in Delaware

Delaware Rule of Evidence 502(b) codifies the attorney-client privilege and insulates from discovery “confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services to the...more

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First Department Finds Work-Product Protection Not Waived by Storage of Documents on Company Laptop

On June 6, 2017, the First Department had an opportunity to apply—and reaffirm—last month’s decision in Peerenboom v. Marvel Entm’t, LLC, where the Court held that use of a company email system for personal purposes “does...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Email Users Beware: Companies and Corporate Officers Should Evaluate Email Practices in Light of Delaware Chancery Court Decision

On September 5, 2013, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that the attorney-client privilege does not protect from disclosure emails sent by corporate officers to their personal attorneys using the company’s email account. In...more

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