In 2006, a landmark decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a dramatic change in the Department of Justice's policies and practice in the prosecution of ...

Privileges that are relied upon by school districts, such as the attorney-client privilege or the investigator privilege, are ...

The case clarifies that claiming a “good faith” belief in the lawfulness of conduct typically waives the attorney-client ...

A judge ruled budget language requiring schools to waive attorney-client privilege in the event of a mass casualty is a legal ...

Gideon Rubin is news writer for Raw Story, based in Northern California. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he majored in history. He started out covering sports in the Bay Area ...

A model order under Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE) 502 (d) (502 (d) Order) that parties can use to protect against waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work product protection in federal civil ...

Michigan schools looking to set aside a contentious state budget rule to access their share of $320 million in mental health and safety funds could be out of luck for now after a state-level court ...

A Michigan judge heard arguments about whether the state can require schools to waive privilege in exchange for school safety funding.

The conversations David Hoovler had with Andre Thurston in 2008 about the Megan McDonald murder are protected by attorney-client privilege, one of the bedrock principles of our legal system. In 2008, ...

Lisa Zeiderman, Esq., CDFA, CFL, a Managing Partner at Miller Zeiderman, LLP, is a matrimonial and family law attorney based in New York. Small businesses often encounter issues of confidentiality ...