Privilege

Internal Ford Investigation, Not By Lawyers, Still Ruled Privileged

A decision that came down in the federal court in West Virginia sheds light on a recurring privilege question. The […]

Delaware Court OKs “Litigation Funding”

An attempt by Dupont to challenge a controversial strategy for funding litigation has failed in Delaware Superior Court. The court […]

How Law Departments Spend

A 2015 survey of about 300 corporations found that median total legal spend increased two percent over the previous year, but the increase was not across the board…

Don’t Ignore Your “Digital Presence”

Five things that lawyers often do wrong with regard to their website and their digital presence, and what to do about it. Mistake number one: “Your website is…

Court: No Privilege For In-House Regulatory Advice

Where do you draw the line between legal advice and regulatory advice?  Or is there one? Black’s Law dictionary suggests […]

Rule Amendment Encodes Proportionality

Possibly the most important of the recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure state that the scope of discovery must be…

How In-House Lawyers Can Lose Privilege

The first question is “Who is the client?” and the answer can be somewhat complicated, but if you don’t it […]

Big Data As Tool To Both Prevent And Investigate Breach

That you can put a library in your pocket or bring up ten years of research while sitting at the […]

Former DLA Partner: Outside Firm’s Negligent Email Release Made Him Unhireable

In a malpractice lawsuit, a former partner at DLA Piper is suing the outside law firm that represented DLA in […]

Exec Ignores In-House Counsel, Takes $18M Hit

When a a company president was advised by in-house counsel that an on-line marketing strategy was problematic, he “put his […]

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