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Defending Against 'At-Issue' Privilege Waiver
Christopher G. Karagheuzoff, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, and Deirdre Sheridan, a senior associate at the firm, write that disputes concerning inadvertent waiver of the privilege through the unintentional disclosure of privileged information have exploded in the age of electronic discovery. The federal government incentivizes "cooperation" that entails waiver of the privilege by using such cooperation as a key factor in determining whether to indict or offer sentencing credits to it. The crime-fraud exception to the privilege, they note - particularly in the wake of recent corporate scandals - has been invoked with considerable and increasing frequency.Defendants Racking Up Wins Over 'Abstract' Patent Claims
Recent wins for Amazon and Freddie Mac that involved a seldom-invoked patent law provision are part of a trend in IP litigation.Defendants Racking Up Wins Over 'Abstract' Patent Claims
Recent wins for Amazon and Freddie Mac that involved a seldom-invoked patent law provision are part of a trend in IP litigation.U.S. trade policy nears zero hour
A WTO arbitrator is weighing a request from Europe to impose $311 million in tariffs against the U.S. for a practice known as "zeroing," used by the Commerce Department to determine if a foreign company is selling goods here at less than fair value.EEOC Members Move Ahead With Ambitious Agenda
The majority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's top leaders are serving via recess appointments, and will be gone in a year unless they're confirmed by the Senate. But that hasn't stopped them from moving forward with an ambitious agenda that has included significant hiring.Trending Stories
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