As legal practices increasingly adopt generative AI (GenAI) technologies, protecting attorney-client privilege and client confidentiality has become a pressing concern. Recent data reveals that 81% of ...

The rules of privilege are simple and straightforward – in theory. The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.6 on the Confidentiality of Information states: “A lawyer shall not reveal ...

The policy behind the attorney-client privilege is to promote candid and open communication by clients to their attorneys without fear of disclosure. The attorney-client privilege only applies if the ...

A frequent topic in the media these days is the attorney-client privilege. This is probably a consequence of the volume of high-profile legal controversies now making headlines and the comings and ...

If a lawyer is a defendant to a lawsuit and their defense primarily rests on privileged information, what the lawyer is permitted to disclose often depends on what the lawyer is accused of and by whom ...

The past year has proven challenging for many law school clinics and student-based organizations. They have experienced the political and legal retaliation that sometimes comes when representing ...

Law firms and legal departments are increasingly using GenAI to efficiently draft documents, perform legal research, and manage discovery. However, if counsel’s GenAI usage reveals a client’s ...

An examination of the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine to communications, documents, and other information in internal corporate investigations, and common ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a 7-2 decision on Friday that an exception to solicitor-client privilege may be available to lawyers to fully defend themselves against potential criminal charges.