How far does privilege go when lawyers apparently have knowledge of a Ponzi scheme? Perhaps not far enough to block a duty to speak,...

The idea is to me hard to grasp, but the Canadian tobacco trial today focused much time on the tobacco companies claiming "parliamentary...

The 9th Circuit recently joined the group of federal circuit courts rejecting selective waiver of privilege. The opinion is analyzed in...

Here’s a summary of an interesting Illinois opinion in Zangara v. Advocate Christ Medical Center . Nos. 1–09–1911, 1–09–1914 (June 10,...

For better or worse, opinions from lawyers are now tightly woven into management of government agencies and private businesses. Indeed,...

The Akzo Nobel ruling is out from the European Court of Justice, and rejects the attorney-client privilege claim for activities of inside...

Here is an interesting NLJ article on the state secrets privilege from a law professor and dean with an impressive background in both...

This September 23 NYT article by Charlie Savage describes Obama administration plans to deploy rules that limit the use of the state...