Attorney-client privilege (which comes from a variety of sources, depending on the state and court) and work product doctrine ...

In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the ...

Attorney-client privilege is formidable and taken very seriously in California. The privilege is not, however, absolute.

The attorney-client privilege exists to encourage candid communications between clients and their lawyers. The privilege does not protect facts from disclosure, but it does protect from disclosure the ...

Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right to talk with a lawyer, but also to talk privately with the lawyer. After all, what ...

The past year has proven challenging for many law school clinics and student-based organizations. They have experienced the political and legal retaliation that sometimes comes when representing ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

September 18, 2025 - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are reshaping how electronically stored information is collected, reviewed, and produced in litigation. The prompts and outputs ...

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Attorneys generally bill time in tenths of an hour, dutifully keeping for clients a contemporaneous record of everything from conversations, to areas of law researched, to summaries and outcomes of ...