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 ...

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses 'Day v. Johns Hopkins Health Sys.', writing: The Witness Litigation Privilege continues to be a formidable policy-based immunity rule.

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In a significant win for companies and their counsel everywhere, the English Court of Appeal in a landmark decision effectively preserved the boundaries of litigation privilege for companies ...

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(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 ...

Navigating Legal Professional Privilege In Hong Kong. Legal News and Analysis - Hong Kong - Dispute Resolution - Conventus ...

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 ...

Yet recent commentary in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) signals a growing concern: the use of GenAI may place legal professional privilege at risk. In the US, a decision of a ...

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 ...