The attorney-client privilege is the cornerstone of the legal profession. It allows clients to communicate freely with their lawyers without fear of disclosure and ensures that attorneys can provide ...

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 ...

Samantha Weissbluth, senior counsel, and Simon Johnson, associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege has long complicated attorneys’ lives. And that’s ...

One of the great myths of the legal profession is that the attorney-client privilege promises absolute confidentiality, to ensure clients' full disclosure to their counsel. However, as most lawyers ...

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...

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 ...

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 ...