The attorney-client privilege in civil litigation
By: edited by Vincent S. Walkowiak.
Contributors: Walkowiak, Vincent S., 1946-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 729
ISBN-13: 9781604420029
Subjects: Confidential communications -- Lawyers -- United States.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: An overview of the attorney-client privilege when the client is a corporation; value: The attorney-client privilege : a practical guide for corporate counsel; value: Perspectives on the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine; value: Confidentiality and its relationship to the attorney-client privilege; value: Preserving candor between lawyers and clients : the hidden danger from "exceptions" to the attorney-client privilege; value: The self-defense exception to the attorney's ethical obligation to maintain client confidences; value: Protection of attorney-client privilege and work product in the E-discovery era; value: The attorney-client privilege and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; value: Communications between attorneys and putative class members; value: Communications between related corporations and the attorney-client privilege; value: The self-critical analysis privilege; value: Applying the attorney-client privilege to investigations involving attorneys : what is fair game in discovery?; value: Protecting the attorney-client privilege during an internal investigation; value: Contacting employees' former employees and other witnesses currently or formerly affiliated with the opposing party-conflict between the permissive scope of fact investigation and protection of attorney-client communication; value: Discovery of the nontestifying in-house expert assigned to litigation; value: Loss of attorney-client privilege through inadvertent disclosure of privilege documents; value: Putting attorneys on the witness stand and their advice at issue : the perils of selective waiver of privilege; value: The application of the attorney-client privilege and the work-product communications between insureds and insurance carriers; value: Attorney-client privilege and the work product immunity in U.S. patent litigation; value: A second look at privilege and confidentiality in the reinsurance arena; value: The joint defense privilege : an illusion or a magic wand?; value: The scope and use of the attorney-client privilege in the United States and its applicability to communications in the United States and abroad; value: Attorney-client and work-product doctrine in environmental coverage litigation; value: Preserving the attorney-client privilege and work production protections afforded to communications with experts : be careful of what you say and to whom you say it.