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 ...

A proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the ­AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

In Heffernan v. Hunter, the court held that because the defendants (appellees) acted within the attorney-client relationship they cannot be considered conspirators. This author's last column on ...

“This case is a reminder for both companies and lawyers…[that] initiating litigation without an objective basis and using litigation procedures as an unfair competition tool to interfere with a ...

Plaintiffs alleged that patent-infringement lawsuits filed by Defendants delayed market entry of a generic version of a branded drug.2 Early in the litigation, the district court granted Plaintiffs’ ...

The attorney-client privilege is a cornerstone of the legal practice. The privilege protects the confidentiality of communications between a client and an attorney from disclosure to a third party ...

A newly proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says there can be an exception to a lawyer's duty to keep conversations with a client confidential when the lawyer needs the information to defend themselves ...