The 18th hole of The Greenbrier Classic in 2015 continues to play out today as the PGA Tour event operators, Old White Charities, Inc., is suing its insurance agency, Bankers Insurance, “alleging negligence
[Read More]This week, news broke that a former lawyer for the New York-based firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom had pled guilty to lying in the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The firm stated
[Read More]A word of caution to executives who cc in-house counsel or forward emails to them: If the content does not pertain to obtaining legal device, the court may not consider the communication privileged.
[Read More]Earlier this week, we posted about a failure to cooperate between two parties in a pay discrimination case. Today’s post is on the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas ending its cooperation with an
[Read More]A spring raid by German prosecutors on a Jones Day office in Munich illuminates the legal limbo that attorney-client privilege is in abroad. The American Lawyer succinctly reports that law enforcement agents investigating
[Read More]Here’s a sobering stat from an FBI and HHS’ Office for Civil Rights report: There are 4,000 ransomware attacks per day, and the frequency of these attacks will only increase. How’s that incident
[Read More]Did you hear the one about the general counsel who used his company computer for personal use, was fired, sued for employment discrimination and wrongful termination and engaged in a legal fight with
[Read More]Last week, Forbes published a contributed piece that considered whether text messaging is the legal industry’s next frontier in marketing. It reminded us of past write-ups on the value attorneys and clients are
[Read More]Should attorney-client privilege apply to invoices for both ongoing and concluded matters? It’s possible that the Supreme Court of California’s decision could have far-reaching implications. The firm Holland & Knight recently issued a
[Read More]We’re in a privilege state of mind this month. Last week, we blogged about the Washington State Supreme Court’s ruling that privilege no longer applies to post-employment communication. This week, we head farther
[Read More]This fall, we blogged that counsel needed to take care when marking documents as privileged. Now corporate counsel in Washington State should also take care when communicating with former employees as the State
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