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Attorney's Fees Attorney-Client Privilege Work-Product Doctrine

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Seeking Attorney’s Fees Triggers Work Product Waiver Issues: Part II

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Last week’s Privilege Point described two cases finding that successful plaintiffs had waived work product protection covering their invoices and other attorney’s fees billing documents because they sought attorney’s fees as...more

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Seeking Attorneys’ Fees Triggers Work Product Waiver Issues: Part I

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Under what is called the American Rule, winning litigants normally pay their own attorneys’ fees. But in some situations, they can seek recovery of those fees from the losing adversary. Not surprisingly, such efforts...more

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Courts Assess Protection for Lawyers’ Billing Entries: Part I

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Winning litigation parties sometimes seek recovery of the money they spent on their lawyers — either as a damage element or under a fee-shifting legal doctrine or contract provision. Not surprisingly, the losers usually seek...more

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The E-Discovery Digest - October 2017

The eighth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

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