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Attorney-Client Privilege - Corporations - Work Product Doctrine - Administrative Summonses, Dolores Jacobs Krawec Jan 1982

Attorney-Client Privilege - Corporations - Work Product Doctrine - Administrative Summonses, Dolores Jacobs Krawec

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States, in a unanimous decision, has held that the control group test for determining the applicability of the attorney-client privilege in the corporate context is overly restrictive and that any future application of the privilege must be on a case by case basis. The Court also held that the work product doctrine is applicable to administrative summonses.

Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383 (1981).


Pennsylvania Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Right To Privacy - Individual Banking Records, Jane E. L. Miller Jan 1980

Pennsylvania Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Right To Privacy - Individual Banking Records, Jane E. L. Miller

Duquesne Law Review

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that the Pennsylvania Constitution protects an individual bank depositor's records from unauthorized police subpoenas when no legal proceedings have been instituted against the individual.

Commonwealth v. DeJohn, 403 A.2d 1283 (Pa. 1979)


Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Defamation - Public Figures - Discovery - Editorial Process - Privilege, Jerry V. Haines Jan 1980

Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Defamation - Public Figures - Discovery - Editorial Process - Privilege, Jerry V. Haines

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has held that there is no first amendment privilege against discovery into the editorial process of a media defendant in a defamation action by a public figure.

Herbert v. Lando, 441 U.S. 153 (1979)