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 ...

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 ...

Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a ...

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.

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 ...

Attorney-client privilege is a client's right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney. As it relates to ...

Where defendant law firm is accused of conspiracy to commit defamatory conduct, that does not provide a basis for applying the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege.The 1st District ...

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 ...

“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 ...