Table of Contents:

1. The Attorney-Client Privilege


2. The Ethics Rule on Confidentiality and How it Differs from the Attorney-Client Privilege


3. The Work-Product Privilege


4. The Common-Interest or Joint-Defense Privilege


5. Exceptions to Privileges


6. Waiver of Privileges


7. Procedural Tools for Litigating Privileges


8. The Attorney-Client Privilege in Organizations


9. Investigations


10. Patent Matters


11. Litigating Attorney-Client Privileges Under the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure


12. Communications with Public Relations Consultants


13. Insurance Settings


14. Class Actions


15. Choice of Law Issues