In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way lawyers work. For litigators, the attraction is clear: faster review, sharper analysis and definitive cost saving. Yet with these opportunities ...

The litigation privilege protects parties and their lawyers from liability for statements they make not only at trial, but at all stages of litigation and in other quasi-judicial proceedings as well.

A: In California, there is a litigation privilege that protects communications from civil liability. These can include a variety of publications, from writings to verbal accusations. The privilege is ...

Q: We have a dispute with a vendor who has a lawyer demanding payment and threatening a lawsuit. The vendor sent me a hostile email, which is abusive and false, and copied it to our mutual customer. I ...

The dramatic rise in the use of artificial intelligence in the legal sector raises issues around legal professional privilege, the concept under English law ― and adopted under Bermuda law ― that ...

Privilege logs were never a fun part of business litigation. There are few tasks more tedious than logging individual pieces of correspondence by date, author, recipients, subject matter, reason ...

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An explanation of third-party commercial litigation financing (also known as alternative or external dispute funding), addressing appropriate situations for its use, ethical concerns, the funder’s ...