Full Description
The Trial Lawyer's Guide to Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine provides practical guidance to civil trial lawyers in litigating claims of confidentiality for attorney-client communications and attorney work product.
Contents
Table of Contents:
The Attorney-Client Privilege
The Ethics Rule on Confidentiality and How it Differs from the Attorney-Client Privilege
The Work-Product Privilege
The Common-Interest or Joint-Defense Privilege
Exceptions to Privileges
Waiver of Privileges
Procedural Tools for Litigating Privileges
The Attorney-Client Privilege in Organizations
Investigations
Patent Matters
Litigating Attorney-Client Privileges Under the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Communications with Public Relations Consultants
Insurance Settings
Class Actions
Choice of Law Issues