In a recent case in the Delaware Court of Chancery involving a suit between the trustee of a trust and the trust's beneficiaries, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster had to decide whether the ...

A newly proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

The common law of attorney-client privilege is intended to enable clients to speak with their attorneys in trusted confidence about work-related issues. But, there is an exception to the ...

In United States v. Zolin, the court granted certiorari to determine whether the attorney-client privilege crime-fraud exception applies to a case arising out of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...

A proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the ­AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a 7-2 decision on Friday that an exception to solicitor-client privilege may be available to lawyers to fully defend themselves against potential criminal charges.

As in most things, there are limits. Law, like life itself, is not a bacchanal without exception or constraint. While rules are not exactly made to be broken, most rules are girded with a corset ...