The purpose of the attorney-client privilege is to encourage open communication between lawyers and clients in order to promote broader public interests, especially compliance with the law and the ...

AI use is forcing the profession to grapple with a new question: can privilege be maintained over information that enters an AI prompt box?

Clients often want a trusted family member by their side when they consult with attorneys. While understandable, doing so can carry serious risks. Under New York law, the general rule is the presence ...

Commentary: By choosing to engage with large language models, individuals could be giving up the significant legal protection ...

For a communication to be protected by the attorney-client privilege, it needs to be confidential, it must be between the attorney and the client, and it must be for the purpose of seeking or ...

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 ...

Many managers progress through their careers without a thorough understanding of employment defense strategies. While you may hope that you never need them, it's wisest to bring yourself up to speed ...

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 ...

On Jan. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed its review of a case that would have clarified the scope of the attorney-client privilege, delivering a brief decision stating that review of the case was ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

(This article was originally published on October 1, 2025. It was updated on April 7, 2026 to reflect developments in caselaw.) Law firms and legal departments are increasingly using GenAI to ...

Curious complications come up when the attorney-client privilege is breached. When Donald Trump was arraigned in Florida on federal charges, a condition of the former president’s bail was that he not ...