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 ...

As anyone faced with discovery requests knows, one of the most important parts of producing documents is determining what documents are subject to attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine ...

A lawyer’s legal advice is privileged. A court cannot order the lawyer or the client to disclose it. But a lawyer’s nonlegal advice is not privileged. What happens when advice is partly legal and ...

Attorney-client privilege is one of the most important protections in the legal system. Its powerful legal protection allows clients to speak freely and candidly with their attorneys without fear that ...

In In re Grand Jury, No. 21-1397 (U.S. May 2, 2022), the court is struggling as to the application of the attorney-client privilege when the communication contains both legal and nonlegal advice. As ...

If you are seeking advice about a current matter from another attorney, make sure it is protected by the attorney-client privilege. The recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in In re the Estate ...

In a significant ruling aimed at safeguarding attorney-client privilege and the independence of the bar, the Supreme Court on Friday held that lawyers cannot be summoned by investigating agencies for ...