Addressing attorney-client relationship formation and legal malpractice, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded a district court’s grant of ...

Opinion: Companies that want to deploy artificial intelligence for legal purposes must understand the risks that poses and ...

The policy behind the attorney-client privilege is to promote candid and open communication by clients to their attorneys without fear of disclosure. The attorney-client privilege only applies if the ...

"Companies are now more focused on getting the 'best' in each area of the law. Firm A for M&A, Firm B for IP work, Firm C for securities litigation, for example," one law firm leader noted. Gone are ...

Although lawyers understandably focus mostly on the privilege that they enjoy when communicating with their clients, other professionals (psychiatrists, clergy) also have privilege protection of one ...

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Gone are the days when clients may give all or most of their work to one law firm. Now clients continue to pick several law firms for several big matters, trusting individual partners at these firms ...