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.

Assertion of privilege is a double-edged sword that can cause trouble as easily as it can get you out of it. The best lawyers know the ins-and-outs of the attorney-client privilege. They know them ...

Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right to talk with a lawyer, but also to talk privately with the lawyer. After all, what ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in the legal sector and corporate operations, its implications for attorney-client privilege should be a rising concern for board members. AI ...

This article discusses whether employer email systems protect attorney-client confidentiality. Courts consider company policies, monitoring, and employee awareness to determine if privilege applies.

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

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 ...

The conversations David Hoovler had with Andre Thurston in 2008 about the Megan McDonald murder are protected by attorney-client privilege, one of the bedrock principles of our legal system. In 2008, ...

An amendment to the Attorney-Act, introducing attorney-client privilege (ACP) between lawyers and clients, passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 29th. The revised bill stipulates that ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...