A number of Delaware decisions have provided the analytical framework to determine if outside directors have preserved the attorney/client privilege when, for example, they use the email server of another company, or their personal email accounts, to communicate with their lawyers. Edward Micheletti of the Delaware office of the Skadden Arps firm, and two of
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Designating Documents as Confidential and Requesting They Remain Confidential Insufficient to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
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The following article appeared in the July 8, 2020 issue of the Delaware Business Court Insider.
Designating Documents as Confidential and Requesting They Remain Confidential Insufficient to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that a party waived attorney-client privilege by producing documents to a federal commission during the course…
21st Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute–Final Update
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This is my sixth and final update from the corporate law seminar in New Orleans. The final panel today is titled: "The Role of Counsel in Transactions: Enhanced Ethics and Professionalism".
Members of the panel include Vice Chancellor Donald Parsons of the Delaware Chancery Court as well as several leading corporate practitioners.
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