The article analyzes a recent opinion issued by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding attorney-client privilege, and how equity owners and corporate affiliates may be treated as third parties for purposes of analyzing waiver of attorney client privilege. It discusses precautions that should be taken to avoid inadvertent waivers by sharing attorney advice with other entities in the same corporate family.
Read "To Guard Against Waiving Privilege, Don't CC The Boss" in its entirety here.
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