A litigation document management database does not have to be disclosed to the other side in a lawsuit, even where that leads to substantial expense and time consequences for a counterparty, the ...
Litigation privilege may continue to protect documents created for one lawsuit from being disclosed in a second, related lawsuit, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently reminded us in Pederson v ...
BOSTON, MA — A lawyer who represented a client in a divorce case could not be sued over fraudulent misrepresentations he allegedly made to the court during the divorce trial, the Supreme Judicial ...
On March 29, 2022, the Supreme Court of Connecticut decided Dorfman v. Smith, 342 Conn. 582 (2022), which extends the reach of absolute immunity under the litigation privilege doctrine to claims of ...
Two Texas school district officials lost a bid to cancel a deposition in a case involving a hair policy that some say ...
Legal privilege is a hot topic following last week's High Court ruling involving the Serious Fraud Office and mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and 2016's judgment in the RBS Rights ...
If a document comes into existence for the purpose of litigation, privilege from disclosure can be claimed. But, as a recent case shows, it may be hard to persuade the court to allow the claim Tony ...
Florida's absolute litigation privilege is a powerful shield, protecting against misdeeds including slander and lies in courtrooms or during formal discovery. Florida’s absolute litigation privilege ...
In a recent personal injury case, the Alberta Court of King's Bench rejected the plaintiff's claim of litigation privilege over documents and medical reports about a previous accident. In Fedotkin v ...
The Supreme Court of Canada spent two days hearing arguments on whether a law governing a special intelligence committee ...
Christopher Schlicht and Adrian Crooks of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick explain why it is important to carefully consider communications with overseas counsel The importance of privilege in ...
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