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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The ruling paves the way for The Renco Group Inc. to receive documents for a criminal investigation it believes will prove a ...

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 ...

A founder of a nonprofit organization who is facing federal wire fraud, theft and tax evasion charges has asked a judge to suppress evidence he claims was improperly disclosed to prosecutors in ...

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Using AI chatbots for legal advice matters may put attorney-client privilege at risk, and the chat logs could be used against ...

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 ...