A recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (one among the 13 appeals courts of the U.S. federal court system) underscores the importance of the attorney-client privilege. In ...

The attorney-client privilege is one of the oldest privileges recognized under U.S. law. It provides important protections for communications between a client and their attorney. However, those ...

In particular, the Sandoz court held that, even wholly within a corporate client, nonlawyer personnel cannot disseminate corporate counsel's legal advice without losing the privilege; and the court ...

Once again, a post from the Maryland Lawyers group on Facebook caught my attention. In the post, an attorney was concerned because a client uploaded documents prepared by the attorney to ChatGPT and ...

Every lawsuit beckons the collection and production of relevant e-mail communications, paper files and other data. An essential question asked with respect to every document produced is: Will the ...

The attorney-client privilege is important to foster open discussions between attorneys and their clients. As recently as Jan. 23, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed the principles of the ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a request by former President Donald Trump to appoint a “special master” to determine whether documents seized by federal agents from his Mar-a-Lago ...

Question: Attorney-client privilege has been all over the news. But how does it work in Pennsylvania? Answer: Less than 24 hours after federal agents raided the offices and home of his personal lawyer ...

A new federal court ruling makes clear that business owners and executives can't expect confidentiality for legal discussions with AI, as they can with human attorneys.

This article examines recent cases that have significantly expanded the ability of law firms to claim attorney-client privilege for communications with their designated in-firm general counsel. These ...

Peoria Unified wants to limit police access to records as part of the teacher sex scandal probe. Some board members say they ...

After President Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen released a recording of the two men discussing a payment to silence a woman who alleged to have had an affair with the President, speculation is rising ...