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 ...

Camilo Artiga-Purcell flags up some of the cybersecurity, data protection and privilege risks associated with client-intake ...

Attorney-client privilege is an age-old concept that ensures the confidentiality of many of the communications between you and your legal representation. But it’s not necessarily an all-encompassing ...

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A founder of a nonprofit organization who is facing federal wire fraud, theft and tax evasion charges has asked a judge to ...

The Delhi High Court ruled that courts cannot direct advocates to disclose how they obtained client documents, citing Section ...

An official overseeing the protection of attorney-client privilege after New York raids targeting President Donald Trump's personal lawyer said Monday that a small fraction of 1 percent of the first ...

The co-founder of Springdale-based nonprofit 2nd Milk is calling for a federal judge to dismiss a second indictment in an ...

On March 11, the Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) handed down four rulings that drastically narrow the scope of French legal privilege. Under French law, when a dawn ...

The attorney-client privilege preserves the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients. As a legal entity, the University can assert the privilege. Communications may be ...