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McGuireWoods LLP

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

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

Freiberger Haber LLP

The Attorney-Client Privilege: Common Interest Doctrine and Communications By Corporate Representatives Which Convey Legal Advice

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On numerous occasions, this Blog has examined the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine.1 Today, we take another opportunity to explore the contours of these privileges....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal privilege of corporate internal investigations under US law - 2019 caselaw update

Understanding the boundaries of legal privilege in corporate internal investigations is critical. When counsel, either internal or external, misunderstands these boundaries, the result can be disastrous....more

Cozen O'Connor

Waiver of Attorney-Client and Work-Product – You Can’t Be Just a Little Bit Pregnant

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A recent Mississippi opinion dramatically underscores the dangers of an advice-of-counsel defense. In Willis v. Allstate Ins. Co., — F.Supp.2d —, 2014 WL 1882387 (S.D.Miss., May 12, 2014), the court held that the insurer had...more

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