Three-way circuit split exists on attorney-client privilege and how to treat communications that implicate legal and non-legal concerns. If lawyer communicates with client providing legal advice, business advice, is entire communication protected?
Healthcare counsel should know the way they guide clients through legal, business issues may need to change based on Ninth Circuit case governing protections for attorney-client communications. Here is how to mitigate risk of attorney-client emails being used in litigation.
Supreme Court today dismissed as improvidently granted case involving unnamed law firm seeking to prevent U.S. government from accessing records of client accused of violating tax laws. Firm previously asserted the documents were protected under attorney-client privilege.