W amerykańskim systemie prawnym funkcjonuje „Attorney Client Privileged” (z ang. uprzywilejowanie prawnik - klient), czyli instytucja podobna w swoim kształcie do tajemnicy adwokackiej czy ...

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 ...

United Shoe Machinery, Judge Charles Wyzanski of the District of Massachusetts articulated the commonly used standard for defining the attorney-client privilege. “The privilege applies only if ...

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.

Okanogan County doesn’t have to show the public the checklist it uses to determine if water can legally supply a new house in the Methow Valley, because that list is protected by attorney-client ...

A Trade Secret is any information, not generally known or easily ascertainable, by which an enterprise develops an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In order to maintain trade ...

“This case is a reminder for both companies and lawyers…[that] initiating litigation without an objective basis and using litigation procedures as an unfair competition tool to interfere with ...

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 ...

Judge McAfee has ruled that Nathan Wade’s attorney must testify at the Fani Willis hearings without attorney-client privilege protection. The case involves allegations that Fani Willis and ...