Privilege in International Arbitration: Resolving Differences of Opinion

Recent polling at the 2025 ICC New York Conference on International Arbitration showed that, while practitioners’ views are ...
SCOTUSblog

Justices debate test for attorney-client privilege when lawyer’s advice has multiple purposes

In Re Grand Jury asks how courts should assess attorney-client privilege when a client seeks partly legal and partly nonlegal advice from a lawyer and the two parts cannot be disentangled. Monday’s ...
JD Supra

SCOTUS DIGs on Attorney Client Privilege Test for Dual Purpose Communications

Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a "non-decision" in In re Grand Jury. The case involved a conflict among federal circuit courts of appeal over which legal test should be applied to ...
Courthouse News Service

Supreme Court to test the limits of attorney-client privilege

WASHINGTON (CN) — An anonymous law firm faced an uphill battle at the Supreme Court on Monday as it argued that attorney-client privilege covers communications spanning both legal and nonlegal advice.
JD Supra

In re Grand Jury: Supreme Court Avoids the Circuit Split on the Application of the Attorney-Client Privilege to Dual-Purpose Communications

Attorneys and in-house counsel who provide both legal and business advice to their clients should consider the scope of the attorney-client privilege relating to dual-purpose communications. On ...
Law

'A Big Ask.' Test That Would Expand Attorney-Client Privilege Draws Scrutiny From Justices

"I'm wondering if you would just comment on the ancient legal principle of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,'" Justice Elena Kagan said. At least three justices seemed wary of creating a test that ...
Reuters

The difference between 'the' and 'a': the ongoing attorney-client privilege debate

March 7, 2023 - In re Grand Jury, 23 F.4th 1088, 1090 (9th Cir. 2021) — originating out of California — recently reignited debate regarding "the oldest of the privileges for confidential ...