JD Supra

The White Collar Appeal: First Circuit Examines Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in Prosecution of Executives

Background- SpineFrontier, Inc. was a medical device company that paid a consulting fee to physicians who used the company’s ...
Law

Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege Is a One-Way Street

The attorney-client privilege continues to be a frequently litigated issue in Pennsylvania. In 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Gillard v. AIG Insurance, 15 A.3d 44 (Pa. 2011), which ...
Law

Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in DOJ Investigations

In 2006, a landmark decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a dramatic change in the Department of Justice's policies and practice in the prosecution of ...
The National Law Review

Fifth Circuit Narrows Application of the Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in Investigations

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
JD Supra

Rattling the Attorney-Client Privilege Cage – A Lesson in Avoiding Waiver of Privilege Under the Common-Interest Doctrine

In TGT, LLC v. Joseph Meli, et al., Petitioner, a limited liability company organized in the fine state of Minnesota, brought a turnover proceeding to enforce a judgment against the respondents in ...
AOL

Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege: Mitigating Risks When Working With Litigation PR Consultants

When it comes to the attorney-client privilege, confidentiality matters. The privilege ordinarily is lost when otherwise confidential attorney-client communications are exposed to third parties, and ...
Reuters

FRE 502(d) Order

A model order under Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE) 502 (d) (502 (d) Order) that parties can use to protect against waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work product protection in federal civil ...
Lansing State Journal on MSN

School districts argue restrictions on mental health funding are unconstitutional

More than 30 education agencies filed lawsuits in state and federal courts saying the state's requirements to receive funding ...
The Raw Story

Trump's attorney-client privilege waiver is big win for Jack Smith: legal expert

Gideon Rubin is news writer for Raw Story, based in Northern California. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he majored in history. He started out covering sports in the Bay Area ...
The Gazette

Money & the Law: Attorney-client privilege is not absolute

A frequent topic in the media these days is the attorney-client privilege. This is probably a consequence of the volume of high-profile legal controversies now making headlines and the comings and ...
News Tribune

Attorneys disagree on scope of attorney-client privilege

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...