Defense attorneys may protect witness interviews 
Published: June 29, 2012
Tags: Discovery, work-product privilege, wrongful death
The work product doctrine may be applied to protect from discovery witness interviews obtained by investigators hired by defense counsel, the California Supreme Court has ruled.
ABA voices concern over CFPB regulation on confidentiality
Published: April 24, 2012
Tags: ABA, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, work-product privilege
WASHINGTON – The American Bar Association is objecting to language in a proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau governing confidential treatment of information obtained from persons in connection with the exercise of the agency’s authority.
Court declines to hear work product challenge
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: Supreme Court, work product, work-product privilege
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a closely-watched case asking whether the work product doctrine prevents IRS officials from examining materials prepared by attorneys in support of audited corporate financial statements.
Job bias plaintiff didn’t waive privilege
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 14, 2010
Tags: attorney-client privilege, racial discrimination, work-product privilege
An employment discrimination plaintiff did not completely waive his privilege with respect to his former lawyer’s files when he used portions of those records in opposing the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, the 9th Circuit has ruled in overturning a discovery order.
Witness statements are discoverable
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: work-product privilege
A wrongful death plaintiff is entitled to obtain witness statements taken and recorded at the behest of defense attorneys, the California Court of Appeal has ruled.
