In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the ...

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 ...

Attorney-client privilege is formidable and taken very seriously in California. The privilege is not, however, absolute.

Many clients automatically assume attorney-client privilege applies even when the client’s spouses or children are present during legal consultations. In New York, however, a family member’s presence ...

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 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 ...