“Who’s the client? When does representation begin and end? Who’s in a ‘litigation control group?' Again, you could be at a big firm with a million moving parts and you could have a lot of big, ...
Attorney-client privilege is one of the most important protections in the legal system. Its powerful legal protection allows clients to speak freely and candidly with their attorneys without fear that ...
As the Court of Appeals noted, there exists an obvious tension between the policy favoring full disclosure and the policy permitting parties to withhold relevant information. 6 Consequently, the ...
September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...
Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...
The decision could have lasting consequences in "eroding the principle that the attorney-client relationship is confidential," said a law professor. A federal judge's ruling this week that ordered ...
Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in the legal sector and corporate operations, its implications for attorney-client privilege should be a rising concern for board members. AI ...