Privilege

What Lawyers Need To Know About Cybersecurity

It’s a subject “so overwhelming that many lawyers don’t know where to start,” says an IT/cybersecurity firm, as preface to […]

Employees, Agents And The Attorney/Client Privilege

Even though attorney-client privilege is the oldest of evidentiary privileges, many privilege issues remain unresolved, particularly as they relate to […]

E-Discovery Software That Cracked The Biggest Law Firm Leak In History

It’s been three years since the Panama Papers were released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). What was […]

Five Ways Your Website Can Be Infected

The first step in protecting yourself against website malware is understanding what you’re up against…

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Sensible Disclosure Concerning Litigation Finance

Lobbyists opposed to litigation finance promote the misconception that it is fundamentally unethical. They contend that unless relationships between funders […]

McKinsey In The Crosshairs

A critic of consulting giant McKinsey, himself a billionaire and sometime McKinsey competitor, says that since it entered that business in 2001, the firm has been failing to file requried disclosures, and has thereby concealed a pattern self-dealing and conflict of interest.

Judge Flags Celebrity Divorce Firm For Excessive Fees

A law firm known for representing wealthy clients in divorce proceedings was chastised for excessive fees, in a high-profile case […]

A “Chilling Caution” On Expectation Of Privilege, From A Blackberry Case

The market analyst’s report was bad news for BlackBerry, coming shortly after the company released an updated smartphone in 2013. […]

Banks Caught In State/Federal Cannabis Conflict

Lawyers must counsel clients in the nascent industry of state-legalized cannabis that their routine business affairs violate federal law, a […]

Law Firm Couldn’t Get Its Hijacked Money Back

To facilitate the closing of a real estate deal, the lawfirm as supposed to forward money to Deutsche Bank, per the payoff instructions of the mortgage and real estate services company, but unbeknownst to the law firm…

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