Business entities facing civil, criminal, or regulatory threats frequently turn to law firms to conduct internal investigations, which can be critical in formulating an appropriate response. A recent ...

When a corporate crisis hits, companies and boards frequently retain outside counsel to conduct an internal investigation. Last year, in a decision that received widespread attention among outside and ...

Challenges and delays during the discovery process are a frustrating part of civil litigation. One cause for such delay is the attorney-client privilege arising from internal investigation materials.

In 2006, a landmark decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a dramatic change in the Department of Justice's policies and practice in the prosecution of ...

Interesting issues relating to the Pennsylvania attorney-client privilege arise in the context of an email string or email chain involving corporate employees, where some, but not all, communications ...

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

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 ...

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mehaniq/Newscom Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right ...

The recent decision in United States v. Heppner, No. 25-cr-00503-JSR (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2026), underscores the need for ...