January 5, 2023 - A communication must be made for the purpose of legal advice to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. If legal advice is not the purpose of the communication ...

Hakam, partner at Volterra Fietta, considers the decision from Aabar Holdings S.à.r.l & others v Glencore plc & others that provides clarification on the current scope of legal advice privilege.

A refresher course in how "complicated" the attorney-client privilege can be. The author uses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case In re Grand Jury as a backdrop to illustrate his point. The case ...

The article explains that attorney-client privilege is designed to encourage open communication with lawyers, but courts are ...

AI chat logs, including prompts and outputs generated through tools such as ChatGPT, may be discoverable in litigation when they are ...

Even clients who can afford the best legal advice are using AI to analyze their estate plans and get tax strategy suggestions. Lawyers to the rich told Inside Wealth that they have to defend their ...

May 05, 2026 - Artificial intelligence is not a new phenomenon in the professional world; however, the recent rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) has marked a fundamental shift in how business is ...

From U.S. v. Heppner, handed down today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): At a pretrial conference in this matter held on February 10, 2026, the Court … granted from the bench the Government's motion ...

The legal industry prides itself on upholding tradition and respecting precedents, but this adherence to the past can come at a cost. While lawyer jokes have become something of a cliché, these ...

A new federal court ruling makes clear that business owners and executives can't expect confidentiality for legal discussions with AI, as they can with human attorneys.

This article was originally published in Westlaw Today on January 5, 2023. Republished with permission. (January 5, 2023) - Susan Combs and Richard Kiely of Holland & Hart LLP offer insights on ...