The two types of protection arise in different situations. For example, the attorney-client privilege is implicated in formal legal proceedings and prevents activities such as a lawyer taking the ...

Last week, I dipped a toe into the difficult topic of what happens to the attorney-client privilege in merger and acquisition transactions. In that post, I framed a definitional question – is ...

Attorneys say the ruling allows defendants to renew their motion to depose the lawyer, if necessary, ensuring access to relevant evidence while safeguarding attorney-client privilege. In ...

stating that domestic and European legislation protecting attorney-client privilege “does not in itself prevent the seizure of items covered by this privilege but not linked to the rights of the ...

Those decrying the FBI’s raid of Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s office as yet another example of Special ... as a dagger in the heart of attorney-client privilege and yet another ...

The attorney-client privilege preserves the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients. As a legal entity, the University can assert the privilege. Communications may be ...