In the recent decision, of Lewis v. Kalbhen, 2025 IL App (1st) 242110, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, reaffirmed and meaningfully expanded the scope of the absolute litigation privilege ...

Editor’s Note: Privilege disputes are becoming increasingly complex in the age of AI—and the recent rulings in the OpenAI litigation illustrate just how challenging it can be to draw the line between ...

Privilege logs were never a fun part of business litigation. There are few tasks more tedious than logging individual pieces of correspondence by date, author, recipients, subject matter, reason ...

A: In California, there is a litigation privilege that protects communications from civil liability. These can include a variety of publications, from writings to verbal accusations. The privilege is ...

This year, the e-discovery landscape will likely be marked by the growing prominence of gen AI and court rulings paving the ...

The dramatic rise in the use of artificial intelligence in the legal sector raises issues around legal professional privilege, the concept under English law ― and adopted under Bermuda law ― that ...

Barnes & Thornburg attorneys Lauren Baker and John W. Cox examine the practical uses, benefits, and challenges of using ...

An explanation of third-party commercial litigation financing (also known as alternative or external dispute funding), addressing appropriate situations for its use, ethical concerns, the funder’s ...

Q: We have a dispute with a vendor who has a lawyer demanding payment and threatening a lawsuit. The vendor sent me a hostile email, which is abusive and false, and copied it to our mutual customer. I ...