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ABA Spring Meeting Sessions: Key Highlights From US Antitrust Enforcers’ Statements (April 10-12, 2024)

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Below is a summary of some of the most important points made by antitrust enforcers who participated in panels at the ABA Antitrust Section’s annual Spring Meeting....more

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Third Circuit: crime-fraud exception can apply to attorney-client privilege in sham-litigation case

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In a ruling with significant implications for companies facing sham-litigation claims, such as those that can arise in the Hatch-Waxman context for pharmaceutical manufacturers, the Third Circuit recently refused to vacate a...more

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Federal Magistrate Judge Tells Cautionary Tale About How Not to Conduct Discovery in Federal Court

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Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York, Judge Lois Bloom, issued a report and recommendation (“R&R”) that the ultimate sanction of default judgment be entered against certain...more

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The Crime-Fraud Exception Can Apply to Innocent Lawyers' Communications

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The crime-fraud exception can strip away privilege protection from communications in which lawyers further their clients' future wrongful conduct. Under the majority approach, the adversary must (1) first meet a fairly low...more

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Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege – Facebook’s Lawsuit

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The crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege: As an attorney, you may not anticipate it applying to your emails, your letters or your advice to your client. But even if you never see it coming, your client’s...more

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The Crime-Fraud Exception: Open Questions for the Supreme Court

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In Zolin, the Supreme Court determined that a party invoking the crime-fraud exception must make a threshold showing before a district court may review documented attorney-client communications in camera. The Court settled on...more

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