Internal investigations have become a relatively normal part of doing business, but that does not mean the fruits of those investigations are discoverable even if they have a “business purpose.” The U ...

On January 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant ruling reinforcing the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination and clarifying the ...

"What matters for attorney-client privilege is not what a company does with its legal advice, but simply whether a company seeks legal advice,” the appellate court stated. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Counsel must be familiar with how GenAI works and the elements of both the attorney-client privilege and work product protection to understand the risks they face when using GenAI. GenAI is a type of ...

Many clients automatically assume attorney-client privilege applies even when the client’s spouses or children are present during legal consultations. In New York, however, a family member’s presence ...