That narrow opening tells organizations where their potential safe harbor is: enterprise tools with contractual confidentiality protections, used within counsel-directed workflows. The risk isn't ...

Attorney-client communications must be confidential, and be kept confidential, in order to be privileged and protected from compelled disclosure. When clients communicate with their lawyers, the ...

In particular, the Sandoz court held that, even wholly within a corporate client, nonlawyer personnel cannot disseminate corporate counsel's legal advice without losing the privilege; and the court ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a request by former President Donald Trump to appoint a “special master” to determine whether documents seized by federal agents from his Mar-a-Lago ...

Every lawsuit beckons the collection and production of relevant e-mail communications, paper files and other data. An essential question asked with respect to every document produced is: Will the ...

The high court reviewed whether a client can have a third-party receive privileged communication with their attorney.

January 5, 2023 - A communication must be made for the purpose of legal advice to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. If legal advice is not the purpose of the communication ...

A recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (one among the 13 appeals courts of the U.S. federal court system) underscores the importance of the attorney-client privilege. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Taxes are complex, and the line between creative tax planning and ...

Attorney-client privilege. Most people have heard of it, and most have a general idea it means. But what, exactly, is attorney-client privilege? What's its purpose? What does it cover? When does it ...