Attorney: "Sure. We need to know all the facts to properly advise you. This is all confidential. Go on." Not necessarily. When matters involving the administration of a decedent's estate or a trust ...

The attorney-client privilege is the cornerstone of the legal profession. It allows clients to communicate freely with their lawyers without fear of disclosure and ensures that attorneys can provide ...

Clients often want a trusted family member by their side when they consult with attorneys. While understandable, doing so can carry serious risks. Under New York law, the general rule is the presence ...

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 ...

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 ...

Samantha Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Simon Johnson, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege has long complicated attorneys’ lives. And that’s ...

Arizona high court: privilege holds if legal advice was the dominant purpose. New limits on crime‑fraud challenges.

The rapid evolution of digital technologies has ushered in a new era for the legal profession—one characterized by both unprecedented promise and intricate new hazards. As practitioners and clients ...

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 ...