Q: We are in a civil case with others, suing a person who engaged in fraudulent misconduct. We share the same attorney who is trying to establish that the attorney-client privilege between this guy ...

Many clients automatically assume attorney-client privilege applies even when the client’s spouses or children are present during legal consultations. In New York, however, a family member’s presence ...

Lawyers can ask for an exception to solicitor-client privilege if they have been charged with a crime and need access to their clients’ privileged communications to defend themselves, the Supreme ...