The attorney-client privilege in civil litigation protecting and defending confidentiality
Vincent S. Walkowiak, editor.
- 4th ed.
- Chicago, IL Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association c2008.
- xxxiii, 729 p. 26 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of the attorney-client privilege when the client is a corporation -- The attorney-client privilege : a practical guide for corporate counsel -- Perspectives on the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine -- Confidentiality and its relationship to the attorney-client privilege -- Preserving candor between lawyers and clients : the hidden danger from "exceptions" to the attorney-client privilege -- The self-defense exception to the attorney's ethical obligation to maintain client confidences -- Protection of attorney-client privilege and work product in the E-discovery era -- The attorney-client privilege and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 -- Communications between attorneys and putative class members -- Communications between related corporations and the attorney-client privilege -- The self-critical analysis privilege -- Applying the attorney-client privilege to investigations involving attorneys : what is fair game in discovery? -- Protecting the attorney-client privilege during an internal investigation -- Contacting employees' former employees and other witnesses currently or formerly affiliated with the opposing party-conflict between the permissive scope of fact investigation and protection of attorney-client communication -- Discovery of the nontestifying in-house expert assigned to litigation -- Loss of attorney-client privilege through inadvertent disclosure of privilege documents -- Putting attorneys on the witness stand and their advice at issue : the perils of selective waiver of privilege -- The application of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product communications between insureds and insurance carriers -- Attorney-client privilege and the work product immunity in U.S. patent litigation -- A second look at privilege and confidentiality in the reinsurance arena -- The joint defense privilege : an illusion or a magic wand? -- The scope and use of the attorney-client privilege in the United States and its applicability to communications in the United States and abroad -- Attorney-client and work-product doctrine in environmental coverage litigation -- Preserving the attorney-client privilege and work production protections afforded to communications with experts : be careful of what you say and to whom you say it.
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Confidential communications--Lawyers--United States.