I read your article about attorney-client privilege and how the privilege survives after death. But, there are several other exceptions that may be of interest and I am asking if you would discuss ...

July 02, 2026 - Consider a common scenario. A wife meets with her attorney to discuss a pending lawsuit. After the meeting, she calls her husband and tells him what the lawyer said. Under well-settled ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, examines recent cases that have significantly expanded the ability of law firms to claim attorney-client ...

Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...

BOSTON — Lawyers across the country are assessing the ramifications of a federal judge’s ruling that a white-collar criminal defendant waived the attorney-client privilege to — and lacked work-product ...

(This article was originally published on October 1, 2025. It was updated on April 7, 2026 to reflect developments in caselaw.) Law firms and legal departments are increasingly using GenAI to ...

On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted this: "Attorney--client privilege is dead!" That tweet was a direct reaction to the fact that the FBI raided the office and hotel room of Trump ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in legal workflows, managing partners and in-house legal leaders must confront a critical threshold issue: whether legal advice created with ...