Brigid Carpenter

November 01, 2012 | Inside Counsel

In 1985 the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that a corporation's officers and directors have the power to assert or waive the attorney-client privilege belonging to the corporation, and that when control of such corporation passes to new management, the authority to assert and waive the corporation's attorney-client privilege also passes....

By Brigid Carpenter

6 minute read

October 04, 2012 | Inside Counsel

In April 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court held in AT&T v. Concepcion that California's Discover Bank rule did not invalidate a class action waiver within an arbitration provision in the context of a consumer transaction.

By Brigid Carpenter

4 minute read