attorney-client privilege

How to Actually Protect Privilege Blog
  • Amanda Fong

How to Actually Protect Privilege: A Practical Guide
How to Actually Protect Privilege: A Practical Guide 1251 835 Amanda Fong

Protecting Privilege Series / Part Three of Three We’ve explored why privilege protection matters in Part 1 of this blog series and examined what happens when it fails in Part 2. Now let’s talk about solutions. While technology created many of these risks, it can also solve them. With the right precautions and workflows, you…

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When Privilege Protection Goes Wrong Blog
  • Amanda Fong

When Privilege Protection Goes Wrong: Lessons from the Courtroom
When Privilege Protection Goes Wrong: Lessons from the Courtroom 1251 835 Amanda Fong

Protecting Privilege Series / Part Two of Three Even clear rules can’t save you from a privilege disaster if your workflows fall short. In this second part of our series, we examine two real-world cases where simple mistakes — like unsecured links and missed deadlines — led to costly privilege waivers. The Birth of Rule…

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High Stakes of Attorney Client Privilege BLOG
  • Amanda Fong

The High Stakes of Attorney-Client Privilege in the Digital Age
The High Stakes of Attorney-Client Privilege in the Digital Age 1251 835 Amanda Fong

Protecting Privilege Series / Part One of Three In today’s digital-first legal world, safeguarding attorney-client privilege is more challenging than ever. This first part explores the high stakes of privilege protection, why the rules differ across jurisdictions, and what’s at risk when even one mistake is made. Picture this: You’re in the middle of a…

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redacted legal documents
  • Brett Burney

Don’t Let Redactions Cause Distractions: How to Properly Censor and Remove Information when Reviewing and Producing Documents
Don’t Let Redactions Cause Distractions: How to Properly Censor and Remove Information when Reviewing and Producing Documents 4800 2800 Brett Burney

Redacted legal documents can create a host of issues when not handled properly during document review. Here are some common redaction mistakes – and tips on how to avoid them. As legal counsel, you’re entrusted to protect your client’s most confidential information – which makes it even more frustrating when we hear horror stories about…

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Alex Jones Ediscovery Lessons
  • Brett Burney

Mr. Jones and Me – Exploring the Practical Ediscovery Lessons from the Alex Jones and Sandy Hook Litigation
Mr. Jones and Me – Exploring the Practical Ediscovery Lessons from the Alex Jones and Sandy Hook Litigation 1000 667 Brett Burney

An important word has been missing from much of the talk about Alex Jones: Ediscovery. But ediscovery is where it all went wrong in the fiasco of his case. In a bizarre twist of events that are even “too dumb” for a Law & Order episode (according to an original show-writer), the world recently ogled…

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Responsive Documents Discovery - Search Techniques
  • Michael Beumer

Ediscovery Document Review: Searches That Get Results
Ediscovery Document Review: Searches That Get Results 1200 700 Michael Beumer

DOC REVIEW Part III: Finding Responsive Documents in Discovery This post explains the search techniques that will uncover responsive documents in discovery and optimize your document review process. If you’ve read parts one and two of our three-part Document Review series, you can understand why the review process is the most time consuming, error prone,…

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eDiscovery and Document Review: Search & Privilege
  • Michael Beumer

Ediscovery Document Review: Structure Your Review for Success
Ediscovery Document Review: Structure Your Review for Success 1200 700 Michael Beumer

EDISCOVERY AND DOCUMENT REVIEW PART II: Organizing Your Evidence & Protecting Privilege Before we get too deep into our three part series on Protecting Privilege during Document Review, let’s ask, why is document review even necessary? According to to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any party may obtain discovery regarding any…

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Paul Manafort
  • Rakesh Madhava

What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions?
What Happened to Paul Manafort’s Redactions? 2048 1244 Rakesh Madhava

Lawyers working for former Trump Campaign manager and convicted felon, Paul Manafort filed a document yesterday that contains the clearest public evidence to date of coordination between the Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russians. The lawyers did not intend to release this evidence. The admissions are located deep in a court filing prepared in response to…

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  • Jason Krause

2 Keys to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege
2 Keys to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege 150 150 Jason Krause

As we detailed last week, corporate law giant Quinn Emanuel has taken a very public beating for failing to protect confidential information from leaking to a corporate client. At first glance, it might be hard to criticize the firm for the leak. After all, how can you expect to keep track of millions of pages…

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  • Jason Krause

1 Lawyer Deep: How Attorney-Client Privilege is Destroyed
1 Lawyer Deep: How Attorney-Client Privilege is Destroyed 150 150 Jason Krause

John Quinn, Founder & Managing Partner at Quinn Emanuel, had one of the toughest jobs a lead attorney can ever have in a major case. Quinn had to face the presiding judge and explain to a dubious courtroom how his firm had managed to let confidential and privileged information leak to clients who had no…

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