Attorney-client privilege is formidable and taken very seriously in California. The privilege is not, however, absolute.

Attorney-client privilege (which comes from a variety of sources, depending on the state and court) and work product doctrine (which rests on ...

In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the ...

Jurisdictions confronted with this common situation have offered some helpful, although inconclusive, guidance, and the below recent cases can shed light on how privilege is applied in real-world ...

The former in-house lawyer for a defunct business entity can't invoke attorney-client privilege to keep from submitting subpoenaed documents in a suit against it, the state Superior Court has ruled.

Act, introducing attorney-client privilege (ACP) between lawyers and clients, passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 29th. The revised bill stipulates that legal consultations between ...

A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss or suppress evidence in the case against an area nonprofit's founders who are ...

Attorneys generally bill time in tenths of an hour, dutifully keeping for clients a contemporaneous record of everything from conversations, to areas of law researched, to summaries and outcomes of ...

Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right to talk with a lawyer, but also to talk privately with the lawyer. After all, what ...

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A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...