A litigation document management database does not have to be disclosed to the other side in a lawsuit, even where that leads to substantial expense and time consequences for a counterparty, the ...

Litigation privilege may continue to protect documents created for one lawsuit from being disclosed in a second, related lawsuit, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently reminded us in Pederson v ...

The litigation privilege protects parties and their lawyers from liability for statements they make not only at trial, but at all stages of litigation and in other quasi-judicial proceedings as well.

BOSTON, MA — A lawyer who represented a client in a divorce case could not be sued over fraudulent misrepresentations he allegedly made to the court during the divorce trial, the Supreme Judicial ...

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Hoi-Yee Roper, Stacie Bourton, Andrew Waters and Katherine Harper discuss some of the developments in legal professional privilege and provide practical tips.

The lightning deployment of generative AI (GenAI) tools into corporate and legal environments has delivered extraordinary efficiencies. From drafting ...

Christopher Schlicht and Adrian Crooks of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick explain why it is important to carefully consider communications with overseas counsel The importance of privilege in ...

Privilege protects certain information and communication from disclosure. In-house counsel – as legal and business advisers to a company – must understand the limitations of privilege and how best to ...

(Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has opted against a test for attorney-client privilege that would have broadened the scope of the shield for communications in which lawyers provide ...