Attorney-client privilege is formidable and taken very seriously in California. The privilege is not, however, absolute.

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

Counsel and incident responders know the first 72 hours of a cyber incident are unforgiving. In the rush to triage, remediate ...

Camilo Artiga-Purcell flags up some of the cybersecurity, data protection and privilege risks associated with client-intake ...

The ruling paves the way for The Renco Group Inc. to receive documents for a criminal investigation it believes will prove a ...

Jurisdictions confronted with this common situation have offered some helpful, although inconclusive, guidance, and the below recent cases can shed light on how privilege is applied in real-world ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

The attorney-client privilege preserves the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients. As a legal entity, the University can assert the privilege. Communications may be ...

A founder of a nonprofit organization who is facing federal wire fraud, theft and tax evasion charges has asked a judge to suppress evidence he claims was improperly disclosed to prosecutors in ...

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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott cut off the inspector general’s access to some city Law Department records, citing ...