This new publication in the Defense Library Series serves as a single resource for understanding the evidentiary privileges faced most often by corporations in general and their inside and outside counsel in particular. The various authors analyze each selected privilege and related issues in depth, so that corporate counsel can gain a fundamental understanding of each topic. The authors provide surveys of the relevant privilege law in the federal circuit courts, as well as throughout the fifty states. The authors also offer practice tips, so that in-house and outside counsel can work effectively and efficiently in taking the necessary steps to establish and maintain the particular privilege, long before a judge decides whether a communication or document must be produced to an adversary. This publication will be an essential resource for all in-house and outside counsel.

Chapter titles include: (1) The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege; (2) The Work Product Doctrine-Protecting Corporate Counsel; (3) The Joint Defense Doctrine-Cohesion Between Traditional Adversaries; (4) Critically Challenged-The Recognition and Scope of the Self-Critical Analysis Privilege; (5) The Bank Examination Privilege; (6) The Trade Secret Privilege; (7) The Accountant-Client Privilege-Considerations for Corporate Counsel; (8) Protecting and Preserving the Peer Review Privilege-Solutions for Corporate Counsel Representing Hospitals, Health Care Corporations, and Health Care Providers; (9) Waiver of Evidentiary Privileges-Protecting Corporate Confidential Information; (10) The Application of Conflict of Laws to Evidentiary Privileges; (11) Depositions of In-House Counsel-Maintaining and Protecting Evidentiary Privileges.

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