As any attorney will tell you, disputes over the application and scope of the attorney-client privilege arise often in everyday lawsuits that are of interest only to the parties involved. But they also apparently arise in high-profile cases involving celebrity defendants.
The case of Constand v. Cosby is a perfect example. In this case involving comedian Bill Cosby, Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was called on to apply the attorney-client privilege in a tawdry case where the plaintiff accused Cosby of sexual assault and defamation. Robreno’s resolutions of the parties’ disputes over attorney-client privilege provide guidelines that are equally applicable in cases with less notoriety, but with no less importance to the participants.
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