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Voluntary Client Testimony As A Privilege Waiver: Is Ohio's Law Caught In A Time Warp, David B. Alden, Matthew P. Silverstein
Voluntary Client Testimony As A Privilege Waiver: Is Ohio's Law Caught In A Time Warp, David B. Alden, Matthew P. Silverstein
Cleveland State Law Review
The question of whether Ohio should retain the waiver through voluntary testimony rule-assuming that is the current rule-is neither close nor difficult. The relevant statute dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century when Ohio enacted its first code of civil procedure, and if it in fact leads to a waiver, has been substantively unchanged in the intervening one hundred fifty plus years. The rule undermines the policies the attorney-client privilege was designed to further, and the policy on which the rule apparently was based-preventing perjured testimony-no longer has the primacy it did in the mid-nineteenth century and, in …
Evidence - Privilege Law - How Arkansas's New Rule Of Evidence Codifies "Selective Waiver" Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And Work-Product Protection And An Argument For A More Moderate Approach, Jonathan D. Mcfadden
Evidence - Privilege Law - How Arkansas's New Rule Of Evidence Codifies "Selective Waiver" Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And Work-Product Protection And An Argument For A More Moderate Approach, Jonathan D. Mcfadden
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporate Cooperation In Criminal Investigations: Waiving Privileges Without Coercion, Emily S. Keller
Corporate Cooperation In Criminal Investigations: Waiving Privileges Without Coercion, Emily S. Keller
Golden Gate University Law Review
Part I of this comment explains the attorney-client privilege and the waiver doctrine and demonstrates the important role the privilege plays in our legal system. It shows why, according to the DOJ charging policy, waiver of the privilege is often needed during corporate investigations. It also addresses how the charging policy erodes the privilege in the corporate context, thereby creating governance problems for corporations. Part II provides legal definitions and standards for coerced waivers to show that the choice corporations must make between waiving the privilege or increasing their risk of indictment does not meet any legal test for coercion. …
At Issue Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege In Illinois: An Exception In Need Of A Standard, Kevin Bennardo
At Issue Waiver Of The Attorney-Client Privilege In Illinois: An Exception In Need Of A Standard, Kevin Bennardo
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This essay analyzes the "at issue" exception to the attorney-client privilege and suggests the adoption of a specified standardized test for finding the exception in Illinois. In general terms, at issue waiver of the attorney-client privilege occurs when a party pleads a claim or defense that places at issue the subject matter of privileged material over which she has control. Throughout the years, United States jurisdictions have employed four approaches for testing the application of the at issue exception, although recently the focus has been on two primary tests (the Hearn test and the anticipatory waiver test). Illinois courts have …
The Monster In The Closet: Declawing The Inequitable Conduct Beast In The Attorney-Client Privilege Arena, Alexis N. Simpson
The Monster In The Closet: Declawing The Inequitable Conduct Beast In The Attorney-Client Privilege Arena, Alexis N. Simpson
Georgia State University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Pragmatic Selective Waiver: Re-Aligning Corporate Executives' Personal Interests With Those Of The Corporation Amidst Government Investigations, Erin M. Carter
Pragmatic Selective Waiver: Re-Aligning Corporate Executives' Personal Interests With Those Of The Corporation Amidst Government Investigations, Erin M. Carter
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the corporate setting, government investigators increasingly ask corporations to waive the attorney-client privilege as part of the "cooperation" necessary to receive incentives. In practice, however, these cooperation incentives have led to what has become known as a "culture of waiver," where waiver of the privilege in the face of investigation has become virtually essential. One way courts have sought to diminish the negative externalities of waiver is through the doctrine of selective waiver. Selective waiver allows the corporation to waive the attorney-client privilege, but only to the government agency during the course of the investigation, while still retaining the …
Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno
Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Evaluating The Mission: A Critical Review Of The History And Evolution Of The Sec Enforcement Program, Paul S. Atkins, Bradley J. Bondi
Evaluating The Mission: A Critical Review Of The History And Evolution Of The Sec Enforcement Program, Paul S. Atkins, Bradley J. Bondi
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
A Proposal For Protecting Executive Communications With Corporate Counsel After Corporate Client Has Waived Its Attorney-Client Privilege , John W. Gergacz
A Proposal For Protecting Executive Communications With Corporate Counsel After Corporate Client Has Waived Its Attorney-Client Privilege , John W. Gergacz
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
The Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act: The Prospect Of Congressional Intervention Into The Department Of Justice's Corporate Charging Policy, Andrew Gilman
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Note analyzes the Privilege Protection Act, focusing on how it might change corporate white-collar prosecutions. Part I of this Note explores the mechanics of the corporate privilege, the development of the DOJ's waiver policy, and the structure of the Privilege Protection Act. Part II addresses the conflicting views on whether the Privilege Protection Act will bolster corporate attorney-client privilege, provide for the effective and efficient prosecution of white-collar crime, and promote ethical prosecutorial practices. Finally, Part III argues that the Privilege Protection Act is a misguided attempt to correct a greater systemic problem with the corporate attorney-client privilege and …
The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings
The Ethical Mine Field: Corporate Internal Investigations And Individual Assertions Of The Attorney-Client Privilege, Lawton P. Cummings
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
How Can Japanese Corporations Protect Confidential Information In U.S. Courts?, Masamichi Yamamoto
How Can Japanese Corporations Protect Confidential Information In U.S. Courts?, Masamichi Yamamoto
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
U.S. courts have seen a significant increase in the number of lawsuits involving both U.S. and Japanese corporations. In deciding these cases, U.S. courts may have to choose how to apply the attorney-client privilege to in-house lawyers retained by corporations in Japan, where the legal system and discovery rules are fundamentally different from those of the United States. U.S. courts would most likely analyze these situations under the Remy-Martin/Minolta test and recognize the attorney-client privilege only for managers of legal departments in Japanese corporations, not for other non-bengoshi (non-licensed) in-house lawyers. This will change in the near future, however, when …
The Perplexing Problem Of Client Perjury, L. Timothy Perrin
The Perplexing Problem Of Client Perjury, L. Timothy Perrin
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporate Salvation Or Damnation? Proposed New Federal Legislation On Selective Waiver, Liesa L. Richter
Corporate Salvation Or Damnation? Proposed New Federal Legislation On Selective Waiver, Liesa L. Richter
Fordham Law Review
Recently, critics have attacked federal law enforcement policies that encourage corporate targets to disclose sensitive information protected by the corporate attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, arguing that the policies are coercive, fundamentally unfair, and destined to chill the free flow of information to corporate counsel. The most readily apparent collateral consequence of these policies, however, has been corporations' loss of privilege protection in subsequent litigation. Good corporate citizens that have chosen to cooperate with the government in this manner have been punished with broad findings of waiver and the dissemination of protected information to companies' civil adversaries. To protect companies …
"Anything You Say May Be Used Against You": A Proposed Seminar On The Lawyer's Duty To Warn Of Confidentiality's Limits In Today's Post-Enron World, Paul F. Rothstein
"Anything You Say May Be Used Against You": A Proposed Seminar On The Lawyer's Duty To Warn Of Confidentiality's Limits In Today's Post-Enron World, Paul F. Rothstein
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fear Of A Blackened Planet: Pressured By The War On Terror, Courts Ignore The Erosion Of The Attorney-Client Privilege And Effective Assistance Of Counsel In 28 C.F.R § 501.3(D) Cases, Chris Ford
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
How The Fifth Circuit Freed Willy And Harpooned Corporate Ability To Shield Retaliation Suits: A Critique Twenty Years In The Making, Matthew Beery
How The Fifth Circuit Freed Willy And Harpooned Corporate Ability To Shield Retaliation Suits: A Critique Twenty Years In The Making, Matthew Beery
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
Panel Discussion: Bigger Carrots And Bigger Sticks: Issues And Developments In Corporate Sentencing, Jill E. Fisch, Hon. John S. Martin, Richard C. Breeden, Timothy Coleman, Stephen M. Cutler, Celeste Koeleveld, Richard H. Walker
Panel Discussion: Bigger Carrots And Bigger Sticks: Issues And Developments In Corporate Sentencing, Jill E. Fisch, Hon. John S. Martin, Richard C. Breeden, Timothy Coleman, Stephen M. Cutler, Celeste Koeleveld, Richard H. Walker
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
No abstract provided.
Conflicting Loyalties Facing In-House Counsel: Ethical Care And Feeding Of The Ravenous Multi-Headed Client The Fifth Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., William E. Matthews, Robert M. Hoffman, Daniel C. Scott
Conflicting Loyalties Facing In-House Counsel: Ethical Care And Feeding Of The Ravenous Multi-Headed Client The Fifth Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., William E. Matthews, Robert M. Hoffman, Daniel C. Scott
St. Mary's Law Journal
Because of corporate scandals that shook the business world, legislative, corporate, and public fingers immediately pointed at corporate attorneys for allowing such egregious conduct to occur. In 1983, the American Bar Association (ABA) passed Model Rule 1.13, which promoted the entity theory. Under the entity theory, the organization is the in-house counsel’s only client; and the in-house counsel’s primary duty is to act in the best interest of the organization. Whether the issue is deciding to make an executive compensation disclosure in a proxy statement, taking on a dual role within the organization, acting in compliance with heightened professional responsibility …
Exploring Disqualification Of Counsel In Texas: A Balancing Of Competing Interests The Fifth Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., Rebecca Simmons, Manuel C. Maltos
Exploring Disqualification Of Counsel In Texas: A Balancing Of Competing Interests The Fifth Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice And Professional Responsibility., Rebecca Simmons, Manuel C. Maltos
St. Mary's Law Journal
Uncertainty over conduct which results in disqualification can be costly and the laws relating to disqualification may be widely known but their application is difficult. Rigid application of irrebuttable presumptions and imputation of knowledge may result in disqualification of a client’s chosen counsel. Even if an attorney succeeds in opposing a motion to disqualify, the resulting costs and delay may damage the attorney-client relationship more than if the attorney had simply declined the representation. Motions to disqualify usually arise from conflicts of interest involving former clients. The law of disqualification, in this instance, is well developed and largely based on …
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 307 - The Price Of Accountability: How Will Section 307 Affect The Role Of The Corporate Attorney, Sara B. Smith
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Should Public Relations Experts Ever Be Privileged Persons?, Deniza Gertsberg
Should Public Relations Experts Ever Be Privileged Persons?, Deniza Gertsberg
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Comment addresses the issue of whether, and under what circumstances, a lawyer’s communications with a public relations expert, whose advice is only valuable to the extent that it is communicated fully and freely with the attorney, will be protected by the attorney-client privilege. This Comment focuses on the role of public relations firms in the criminal law context, where constitutional concerns often arise. The author begins by laying out the history and background of the attorney-client privilege, and how the defense lawyer’s role has changed as a result of the rise of mass media. The Comment then goes on …
Potential Abrogation Of Attorney-Client Privilege In Oklahoma As A Result Of Hipaa, Alexander M. Bednar
Potential Abrogation Of Attorney-Client Privilege In Oklahoma As A Result Of Hipaa, Alexander M. Bednar
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
Patent Law: Attorney-Client Privilege In Patent Litigation: Did The Federal Circuit Go Far Enough With In Re Spalding Sports Worldwide?, Matthew R. Rodgers
Patent Law: Attorney-Client Privilege In Patent Litigation: Did The Federal Circuit Go Far Enough With In Re Spalding Sports Worldwide?, Matthew R. Rodgers
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
Shoot Out At The Not-O.K. Corral Or Privileged Client Communications - Lost And Found In Texas., Walter W. Steele Jr.
Shoot Out At The Not-O.K. Corral Or Privileged Client Communications - Lost And Found In Texas., Walter W. Steele Jr.
St. Mary's Law Journal
Texas’s solutions to inadvertently disclosed privileged material are unworkable. Confidentiality of client information is a bedrock of the legal profession. Nonetheless, some confidential information invariably leaks out. The most common leak occurs when a lawyer inadvertently includes privileged material in boxes of documents produced in response to a legitimate discovery request. After the opposing lawyer finds the “hot documents” in the box, the problems begin. The Texas Supreme Court adopted what amounts to the reasonable precautions test in Granada Corp. v. First Court of Appeals. The cornerstone of the Granada holding is the involuntary nature of the production of the …
Legal And Professional Ethics: Protection Of Client Identity, Rebecca Wood Hunter
Legal And Professional Ethics: Protection Of Client Identity, Rebecca Wood Hunter
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fitting A Square Peg Into A Round Hole: The Application Of Traditional Rules Of Law To Modern Technological Advancements In The Workplace, Gregory I. Rasin, Joseph P. Moan
Fitting A Square Peg Into A Round Hole: The Application Of Traditional Rules Of Law To Modern Technological Advancements In The Workplace, Gregory I. Rasin, Joseph P. Moan
Missouri Law Review
In the ever-changing technological environment, the transmission of information has become as simple and as quick as the click of a mouse or the touch of a button. However, the emergence and widespread use of computers, electronic mail, and the Internet in the workplace also has created challenges for employers, their attorneys, and the courts. Specifically, the courts are forced to apply traditional rules of law to modern technological advancements. The lack of symmetry between these two notions has created uncertainty for today’s employer. This Article discusses the impact of new technology on employment law, particularly in the areas of …
Has The Fog Cleared - Attorney Work Product And The Attorney-Client Privilege: Texas's Complete Transition Into Full Protection Of Attorney Work In The Corporate Context., Fred A. Simpson
St. Mary's Law Journal
The following discussion in this Article fills the gaps in the substantive rules surrounding the attorney work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege, thereby encouraging practitioners to utilize these tools more freely. Initially, the attorney-client privilege contemplated application only to individuals. As the rule developed in the United States, however, the scope of the privilege broadened until it included corporations. Since 1982, Texas has provided for the attorney-client privilege in Texas Rule of Civil Evidence 503.149. Notably, the Rule defined client in such a way as to include a corporation. Unlike the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine developed much …
Attorney Referral For Medical Treatment: A Wolf In Disguise., Martin J. Phipps
Attorney Referral For Medical Treatment: A Wolf In Disguise., Martin J. Phipps
St. Mary's Law Journal
Texas attorneys should be obligated to disclose whether they referred their client to a pre-selected physician. Plaintiff attorneys, however, have been allowed to withhold this information from the court arguing the information is privileged. The practice of using a pre-selected physician is unethical and unfairly prejudicial. If the attorney and physician have an agreement, the attorney is likely to send numerous clients to that specific physician in order to receive a discount. The physician in turn is likely to recommend medically unnecessary procedures in order to inflate money damages. Therefore, in order to prevent potential abuse between the attorney-physician relationship, …
Minnesota V. Philip Morris, Inc.: An Important Legal Ethics Message Which Neglects The Public Interest In Product Safety Research, Edward J. Imwinkelried, James R. Mccall
Minnesota V. Philip Morris, Inc.: An Important Legal Ethics Message Which Neglects The Public Interest In Product Safety Research, Edward J. Imwinkelried, James R. Mccall
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.