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In a divided ruling, the Texas Supreme Court granted privilege protection for the University of Texas’s internal investigation conducted by a non-lawyer third party. The privilege covered communications and memos even though the university–third party engagement letter mentioned nothing about a legal-advice purpose or the privilege, drawing criticism from two
The post Major Decision: Texas

Potential benefits arise when multiple clients retain one lawyer or one law firm to represent their common legal interests. But disadvantages exist, too, including the potential for privilege waiver—or privilege non-application—when joint clients later become adverse.  Throw in a joint representation that includes a corporate entity and its individual owners
The post Court Rejects “Corporate

The U.S. Supreme Court was, for the first time in some time, ready to issue an opinion involving the corporate attorney–client privilege.  The issue was the proper standard courts should use to determine whether the attorney–client privilege protects dual-purpose communications—those created for legal and non-legal purposes.  In re Grand Jury,
The post Wait, What? U.S.