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 ...

This article covers when attorney-client privilege in New York protects communications. Privilege generally lasts if disclosures are necessary for legal advice, such as to employees or professionals.

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 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 ...

Samantha Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Simon Johnson, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege has long complicated attorneys’ lives. And that’s ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - When a major Ohio utility was ensnared in a bribery scandal in 2020, it turned to a time-honored playbook for organizations in hot water: The company and its board of directors each ...

When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple in April to fully comply with her 2021 App Store injunction, she also denied Apple’s motion to remove certain records, based on attorney–client ...

To appeal his conviction for burglary and related charges, James Bishop needed the legal papers a Jefferson County court clerk had mailed him in prison. But mailroom staff at Ohio’s Noble Correctional ...

It has already become common that a person facing a legal issue will first attempt to consult some Artificial Intelligence (AI) portal better understand the issue. This involves the person entering ...