The attorney-client privilege protects (1) clients’ communications of facts to lawyers, (2) clients’ requests for legal advice from lawyers, (3) lawyers’ request for facts from clients and (4) lawyers ...

This article covers when attorney-client privilege in New York protects communications. Privilege generally lasts if disclosures are necessary for legal advice, such as to employees or professionals.

Internal investigations have become a relatively normal part of doing business, but that does not mean the fruits of those investigations are discoverable even if they have a “business purpose.” The U ...

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 ...

Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...

“Rather, [the evidence] suggests that [the doctors] engaged legal counsel to navigate a complicated legal landscape,” Associate Justice Melissa Countway wrote in Tuesday’s opinion, disagreeing that ...