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Wiley Rein
In November 2020, a group of hackers backed by the Chinese state exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange software to hijack tens of thousands of corporate servers...
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
On January 16, 2024, Vice Chancellor Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision in Icahn Partners LP et al. v. Francis deSouza...
McGuireWoods LLP
In all but a few states, the attorney-client privilege can protect a company's lawyer's communications with former company employees...
Steptoe LLP
The Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations governing taxes on taxable distributions from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) under section 4966...
McGuireWoods LLP
Under the common law "functional equivalent" doctrine, corporations sometimes may claim privilege protection for communications to or from a non-employee who is the "functional equivalent" of an employee.
Duane Morris LLP
There are well-known ways to waive the protection of the attorney-client privilege: for example, the intentional disclosure of an initially confidential communication to someone outside...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
This episode of our Safety Perspectives From Region 6 podcast is the second in a three-part series on fatality and catastrophe investigations ...
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
On August 15, 2023, the Committee published proposed amendments to Rules 16 and 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rules"). The amendments are designed to require that parties address...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On August 18, 2023, in Hamilton v. Dallas County, the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upended long-standing precedent, significantly broadening the types of adverse employment actions...
Womble Bond Dickinson
Corporate criminal enforcement is a top priority for the Department of Justice.
McGuireWoods LLP
It seems obvious that corporations do not waive privilege protection by disclosing privileged communications to their own board members.
Jenner & Block
On June 30, 2023, just one day after the Supreme Court issued its decision in the Students for Fair Admissions cases striking down race-conscious...
Mintz
Many of you have asked me to tell you a story about Bob Popeo, one of the greatest lawyers of the modern era.
McGuireWoods LLP
Most courts hold that the incredibly fragile attorney-client privilege can be waived by disclosure even to family members (such as Martha Stewart's disclosure...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Corporate Privilege: Nuances of Delaware Law and Recommendations on How to Preemptively Protect Privilege in the Event of a Future Dispute Between a Former Director...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Providing legal advice to business entities raises important issues regarding the application of attorney-client privilege between the entity and its directors. Delaware's...
Fisher Broyles
The plaintiff in this action has worked as a human resource specialist. She claimed that, beginning in 2019, her male supervisor made unwelcome sexual comments to her, and, when she reported...
Littler Mendelson
As workplace issues have become more complex, human resource professionals and managers often turn to employment lawyers for advice in sorting out matters involving the interaction between business requirements and the requirements of employment laws and regulations. When is such advice protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege?
McLane Middleton, Professional Association
It might depend on what you are talking about. Important to keep in mind is that the corporation is the attorney's client, not you. If your conversation is intended to help counsel provide...
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a case asking the Court to adopt an approach that would broaden the scope of the attorney-client privilege when communications contain both legal and nonlegal advice.
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