In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the tripartite relationship among the insured, the insurer, and ...

Due to the importance of the privilege, keeping abreast of judicial decisions construing these elements, waiver rules and exceptions is a must for New York attorneys. Last year there were several ...

Most courts hold that the incredibly fragile attorney-client privilege can be waived by disclosure even to family members (such as Martha Stewart’s disclosure to her own daughter). The separate ...

An examination of the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine to communications, documents, and other information in internal corporate investigations, and common ...

'United States v. Heppner' is best understood as a technology-neutral decision applying longstanding privilege principles to a new context. The court did not rewrite the rules of attorney-client ...

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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 ...