Business entities facing civil, criminal, or regulatory threats frequently turn to law firms to conduct internal investigations, which can be critical in formulating an appropriate response. A recent ...

When a corporate crisis hits, companies and boards frequently retain outside counsel to conduct an internal investigation. Last year, in a decision that received widespread attention among outside and ...

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 ...

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

In 2006, a landmark decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a dramatic change in the Department of Justice's policies and practice in the prosecution of ...

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 ...

Interesting issues relating to the Pennsylvania attorney-client privilege arise in the context of an email string or email chain involving corporate employees, where some, but not all, communications ...

When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple in April to fully comply with her 2021 App Store injunction, she also denied Apple’s motion to remove certain records, based on attorney–client ...

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 ...