Sep 17, 2007
By Martha Neil for ABA Online.
Highlighting the differences between American law practice and international law practice, the second-highest court in the European Union ruled today that attorney-client privilege does not apply to communications between companies and their in-house counsel.
Contending that attorney-client privilege applied, a Dutch chemical company and lawyers’ groups had sought to exclude [...]
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