Privilege

Suspended Lawyer Sues Over AA’s God-Talk

An attorney with a drug problem, citing Alcoholics Anonymous insistence on the acknowledgment of a higher power, has sued the […]

Privilege Lost For “Underlying Documents” When Report Is Made Public

When a school board released a lawyer’s report about alleged sexual assaults by members of a high school basketball team, it had no desire to release the interviews and communications that…

Don’t Push Send

Every day, attorneys transmit spreadsheets, documents and PDFs, to courts and adversaries, to third parties, and to clients. Either they […]

In A Business Deal, When Does “Zealous Advocacy” Become Crime?

If a business transaction is later deemed criminal, what are the consequences for the outside lawyer who advised on the […]

Protective Orders in Litigation

What are the limits of public access to the courts? In this Today’s General Counsel article, attorney Cristin K. Traylor […]

$75 Ticket For Keeping Chickens, $5,600 In “Prosecution Fees”

A class-action has been filed against two CA municipalities that have “made a practice of taking residents to criminal court for exceptionally minor crimes, then charging them thousands to pay for the cost of their own prosecution,” according…

In-House Lawyers Can Be FCPA Targets

In one case, the company itself got off the hook on the basis of full disclosure and cooperation, but no such luck for the former GC…

Trump Lawyer’s $130K To Porn Actress Raises Legal Ethics Questions

There are a number of ways to look at the $130K that President Trump’s personal lawyer paid to a former porn movie actress, and all them…

You Just Discovered You’re Repping A Ponzi Scheme

There are few risk management problems potentially more catastrophic than this one, whether the issue is a Ponzi scheme or […]

Cyber Protection Tip: Voice Recognition Is Safer Than Passwords

This post from IT Security Guru points to research that finds 61 percent of fraud losses from account takeovers involve […]

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