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 rapid evolution of digital technologies has ushered in a new era for the legal profession—one characterized by both unprecedented promise and intricate new hazards. As practitioners and clients ...

Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right to talk with a lawyer, but also to talk privately with the lawyer. After all, what ...

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 ...

Counsel must be familiar with how GenAI works and the elements of both the attorney-client privilege and work product protection to understand the risks they face when using GenAI. GenAI is a type of ...

Attorney-client communications must be confidential, and be kept confidential, in order to be privileged and protected from compelled disclosure. When clients communicate with their lawyers, the ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in the legal sector and corporate operations, its implications for attorney-client privilege should be a rising concern for board members. AI ...

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 ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

A judge has ruled that budget language requiring schools to waive attorney-client privilege in the event of a mass casualty is legal, upholding a controversial mandate attached to $320 million in ...