Opinion: Cadwalader's Martin Weinstein writes that a case emerging out of a historic Ohio bribery scandal carries ...

The attorney-client privilege preserves the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients. As a legal entity, the University can assert the privilege. Communications may be ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that the testamentary exception to the attorney-client privilege does “not grant the deceased client the power to waive a privilege held ...

This article covers when attorney-client privilege in New York protects communications. Privilege generally lasts if ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

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Attorney-client confidentiality is one of the oldest pillars of American justice. Americans not only have a right to talk with a lawyer, but also to talk privately with the lawyer. After all, what ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday not to use papers taken from the jail cell of Sean “Diddy” Combs until he rules on defense claims that they are trial preparation materials ...

A man in Oklahoma is accused of pretending to be an attorney at the local jail so that he could speak with his girlfriend ...