Bankruptcy can considerably complicate the evaluation of legal privilege, due to the presence of shifting corporate control, parties with rapidly changing stakes, and fiduciary duties owed to multiple ...

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Since the elimination of general federal common law in 1938,1 federal courts have sought to avoid the specter of “two conflicting systems of law controlling the primary activity of citizens.”2 But ...

January 5, 2023 - A communication must be made for the purpose of legal advice to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. If legal advice is not the purpose of the communication ...

Law firms say a recent landmark court ruling makes multidisciplinary practices less attractive to clients. But the Big Four are pleased with the decision, saying it reaffirms that a lawyer-client ...

Siam Legal International, a General Sales and Services Agent for Thailand Privilege, announces that Thailand Privilege Card Co., Ltd. has approved extensions for two major membership offerings through ...

A spectre is haunting the American legal profession – the spectre of diploma privilege. Facing the psychological and physical trauma of COVID-19, and buoyed by growing calls for diversity and equity ...

President Trump in the Cabinet room of the White House. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) After the FBI raid Monday on the office of his personal attorney, Michael ...