From U.S. v. Heppner, handed down today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): ...

Using the messages as evidence is still dicey.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The conversations David Hoovler had with Andre Thurston in 2008 about the Megan McDonald murder are protected by attorney-client ...

A frequent topic in the media these days is the attorney-client privilege. This is probably a consequence of the volume of high-profile legal controversies now making headlines and the comings and ...

The policy behind the attorney-client privilege is to promote candid and open communication by clients to their attorneys without fear of disclosure. The attorney-client privilege only applies if the ...

If a lawyer is a defendant to a lawsuit and their defense primarily rests on privileged information, what the lawyer is permitted to disclose often depends on what the lawyer is accused of and by whom ...

Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...

This article discusses the issue of attorney-client privilege for unpaid attorney members of non-profit boards of directors. The question arises whether or not communications to and from the boards of ...