In Re Grand Jury asks how courts should assess attorney-client privilege when a client seeks partly legal and partly nonlegal advice from a lawyer and the two parts cannot be disentangled. Monday’s ...

Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a "non-decision" in In re Grand Jury. The case involved a conflict among federal circuit courts of appeal over which legal test should be applied to ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — An anonymous law firm faced an uphill battle at the Supreme Court on Monday as it argued that attorney-client privilege covers communications spanning both legal and nonlegal advice.

Attorneys and in-house counsel who provide both legal and business advice to their clients should consider the scope of the attorney-client privilege relating to dual-purpose communications. On ...

Minnesota business attorneys, heads up: documents provided to clients that blur the distinction between legal and business advice, while previously protected disclosure, may become a powerful weapon ...

(Reuters) - Most of the groups that filed friend-of-the-court briefs last week in a crucial U.S. Supreme Court case about the scope of attorney-client privilege rallied around one limiting principle: ...

"I'm wondering if you would just comment on the ancient legal principle of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,'" Justice Elena Kagan said. At least three justices seemed wary of creating a test that ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up an issue with profound consequences for lawyers who advise clients on complex issues with both legal and business implications. Sign up ...

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 ...