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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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Using AI chatbots for legal advice matters may put attorney-client privilege at risk, and the chat logs could be used against ...

Samantha Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Simon Johnson, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege has long complicated attorneys’ lives. And that’s ...