The attorney-client privilege exists to encourage candid communications between clients and their lawyers. The privilege does not protect facts from disclosure, but it does protect from disclosure the ...
Q: We have a dispute with a vendor who has a lawyer demanding payment and threatening a lawsuit. The vendor sent me a hostile email, which is abusive and false, and copied it to our mutual customer. I ...
In Linet Americas, Inc. v. Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 2024 WL 3425795 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 15, 2024), the court held that “attachments to attorney client communications may be withheld as privileged without ...
As anyone faced with discovery requests knows, one of the most important parts of producing documents is determining what documents are subject to attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine ...
The “P” word can be triggering. Yet, it does not have to be. Privilege can be a difficult concept for people to understand. Because it often requires clarification, this creates a gap between what ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. The most dangerous threats to enterprise IT often arrive through the front door rather than ...