The protecting and defending confidentiality Walkowiak, Vincent Steven 1946- text ilu Chicago, IL Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association c2008 2008 4th ed. monographic eng

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xxxiii, 729 p. 26 cm. 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. Vincent S. Walkowiak, editor. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Confidential communications Lawyers United States KF 8959 .A7 A935 2008 347.73/6 9781604420029 1604420022 2008022248 PUCPR 080520 20200304102830.0 288236