Bankruptcy can considerably complicate the evaluation of legal privilege, due to the presence of shifting corporate control, parties with rapidly changing stakes, and fiduciary duties owed to multiple ...

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Since the elimination of general federal common law in 1938,1 federal courts have sought to avoid the specter of “two conflicting systems of law controlling the primary activity of citizens.”2 But ...

Join us for this session as we discuss safeguarding the cornerstone of the attorney-client relationship in an increasingly digital world. This conference session aims to show how legal professionals ...

WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after federal agents raided the offices and home of his personal lawyer, President Trump lamented: "attorney-client privilege is dead." "I have many (too many!) lawyers ...

As much as it is discussed and debated, especially lately, there is remarkably little case law concerning “executive privilege”—the idea that there are at least some internal executive branch ...

President Trump in the Cabinet room of the White House. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) After the FBI raid Monday on the office of his personal attorney, Michael ...

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is aware that the Malaysian Bar is gravely concerned by reports that the Malaysian ...