How and when that shareholder can use confidential information gained by reason of that board seat?” Authors Adrienne Ward and Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman, provide an overview of the cases and offer ...

A bedrock feature of the attorney-client relationship is the ... from the remainder of the board. Third, a board of directors “can withhold privileged information once sufficient adversity ...

One of the major challenges facing the legal profession today is how to adapt and apply the concept of attorney-client privilege (or professional secrecy) in an increasingly globalised world. Rules on ...

In my previous column, “Appellate Advocates: Application of Attorney-Client Privilege to Government Communication and More,” NYLJ, Feb. 14, 2024, p. 3, col. 3, I discussed the applicability of ...

With its origins in the 16th century, the attorney-client privilege is one of the oldest doctrines in our common law tradition. Even so, new issues do arise, like in the North Carolina Business ...

The district court applied the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege in compelling production. Under the crime-fraud exception, communications made between an attorney and client that ...

“My staff put together a memo that suggests what the sanitation district is, how the board of directors is appointed and ... t have the chance to see the documents that were attorney-client privilege ...

These are classic examples of ‘advice given in the course of professional employment’ and are therefore protected by the attorney-client privilege,” Burke wrote. To determine if there was adequate ...

“Judge rules no attorney-client privilege for #FaniWillis ‘special prosecutor’ Nathan Wade’s former lawyer,” legal analyst Phil Holloway wrote. “This means he will have to testify ...