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A Guide To The Attorney-Client Privilege And Work Product Doctrine For Tax Practitioners, Craig D. Bell, Thomas E. Spahn, Christopher S. Rizek
A Guide To The Attorney-Client Privilege And Work Product Doctrine For Tax Practitioners, Craig D. Bell, Thomas E. Spahn, Christopher S. Rizek
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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The Assertion Of Attorney Client Privilege By Counsel In Legal Malpractice Cases - Policy, Privilege And The Search For Truth In Cases Involving Implied Waivers, Lawrence M. Steckman
The Assertion Of Attorney Client Privilege By Counsel In Legal Malpractice Cases - Policy, Privilege And The Search For Truth In Cases Involving Implied Waivers, Lawrence M. Steckman
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Waiver of attorney-client privilege frequently arises as an issue in legal malpractice cases. Discovery or privileged communications between client and counsel may show that attorneys other than the malpractice defendant played a substantial role in bringing about the client's loss.
Valuing The Waiver: The Real Beauty Of Ex Ante Over Ex Post, Robert C. Hockett
Valuing The Waiver: The Real Beauty Of Ex Ante Over Ex Post, Robert C. Hockett
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Irony abounds in connection with demands and proposals made, in the wake of the Enron, Worldcom, and other corporate scandals, that firms be required or encouraged to waive attorney-client privilege. Justice Department officials speak to the importance of "getting at the truth" as trumping firms' interest in confidential internal communications as a prerequisite to compliance with law. They do so notwithstanding their own contrary arguments made on behalf of the secretive Bush administration that employs them. Corporate officers, for their part, speak as though Ralph Nader were the Attorney General when they denounce waiver proposals. They do so notwithstanding the …
Critical Legal Ethics (Review Of Lawyers' Ethics And The Pursuit Of Social Justice: A Critical Reader, Edited By Susan D. Carle), Paul R. Tremblay
Critical Legal Ethics (Review Of Lawyers' Ethics And The Pursuit Of Social Justice: A Critical Reader, Edited By Susan D. Carle), Paul R. Tremblay
Paul R. Tremblay
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