From U.S. v. Heppner, handed down today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): ...

Challenges and delays during the discovery process are a frustrating part of civil litigation. One cause for such delay is the attorney-client privilege arising from internal investigation materials.

Using the messages as evidence is still dicey.

One of the worst parts of an attorney’s job is to handle the death of a client. We attorneys can easily handle the estate administration process. The issue is that most attorneys get to know their ...

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 ...

Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...

This article discusses the issue of attorney-client privilege for unpaid attorney members of non-profit boards of directors. The question arises whether or not communications to and from the boards of ...

The attorney-client privilege is important to foster open discussions between attorneys and their clients. As recently as Jan. 23, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed the principles of the ...