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Ted Zwayer
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Troutman Sanders
over 7 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
Court Refuses to Recognize the Claim File Privilege as Providing a Basis for Refusing to Produce Documents in an Insured’s Claim File during Discovery
In Oahu Air , [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the Eastern District of California refused to recognize the claim file privilege, finding that federal privilege law did not recognize that privilege...
Erica Villanueva
over 7 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
California Supreme Court Will Review Appellate Decision Holding That Attorney Bills Are Privileged
In June, I blogged about County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court , 235 Cal. App. 4th 1154 (2015), [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ]. In that case, the California Court of Appeal...
Randy J. Maniloff
over 8 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
Opinion-aided: Courts Granting Policyholders Access To Outside Coverage Counsel’s Opinion Letters
There have been several decisions of late, from courts across the country, addressing whether a policyholder, in coverage litigation, is entitled to discover the coverage opinions (lower case) prepared for an insurer by its outside coverage counsel. Of...
Barry Zalma
over 7 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
Insurance & The Absolute Litigation Privilege – Lawyers Are Obligated To Vigorously Defend Their Clients
No one likes to lose a lawsuit. Unable to accept that the case they brought was not viable or their own lawyers were incompetent, the losers strike out at whoever they can strike at, usually, the lawyers for their opponents. Lawyers are required, by their...
Erica Villanueva
over 7 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
Submitting Your Defense Bills to Insurers Could Mean Waiving Privilege
By Erica Villanueva Recently, the California Court of Appeal decided County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court , 235 Cal. App. 4th 1154 (2015), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], a case considering whether...
LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Law
New York Appellate Court Finds for TransCanada in Discovery Dispute with Insurance Companies
New York, NY (August 5, 2014) -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department reaffirmed on July 31, [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], that several insurance companies providing insurance coverage to...
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Are Attorney-Expert Communications Discoverable in Pennsylvania? (Almost Never) – Some Clarity from the Appellate Courts
By Donald Kaufman and Kelly Martin * In Pennsylvania, testifying experts usually are not deposed before trial; typically, their written reports are provided in advance of trial and delineate the substance and scope of their testimony. Attorneys...
DLA Piper
over 7 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Warning To NY Litigators − What Privilege Attaches To Pre-Litigation Attorney Statements? NY Appeals Court Answers: Qualified
By Richard F. Hans , Andrew L. Deutsch , and Cherelle I. Glimp New York law has long recognized that attorneys who make defamatory statements in connection with an existing litigation enjoy an absolute privilege against claims for libel and slander...
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Is Attorney-Client Privilege Affected By Who Pays Counsel Fees?
By Elizabeth Daniels After receiving great interest from our “Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege” article , we provide this follow-up article to address a possible “exception to the exception” that may still...
GreenbergTraurig
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
U.S. Court of Appeals Decision Sets Parameters on Attorney-Client Privilege in Relation to Government Contracting
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a District Court decision that placed at risk sensitive, attorney-client privileged communications related to internal investigations concerning the work of government contractors...
GreenbergTraurig
over 8 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
Landmark Decision for Attorney-Client Privilege: Internal Investigations No Longer Protected?
The federal district court in the District of Columbia has issued a groundbreaking decision that held that documents created during a government contractor’s own internal investigation—conducted under the oversight but not direct supervision...
Jack Townsend
over 9 years ago
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Law Blog
Fifth Amendment and Immunity in Congressional Hearings
Since the Darrell Issa witch hunt is back in the news regarding Lois Lerner's invocation of her Fifth Amendment [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ] privilege, I thought I would remind readers of the following blog entry earlier...
William A. Ruskin
over 9 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
William A. Ruskin: Preserving The Attorney-Client Privilege For In-House Counsel
By William A. Ruskin Courts impose on corporate entities the burden of demonstrating that communications and documents shared with in-house counsel are protected by the attorney-client privilege. When companies cannot satisfy this burden, courts have...
Troutman Sanders
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Troutman Sanders LLP: Breaking the Seal: Does Using Third-Party eDiscovery Vendors Raise Privilege and Work Product Issues?
We’re not breaking news when we tell you that the exponential growth of electronic documents generated by clients has complicated the discovery process. Reducing this massive volume of information down to the relevant information needed to resolve...
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