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 ...

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 ...

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...