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Common Interest Doctrine Participants Must Agree on the Doctrine's Applicability
The common interest doctrine can allow separately represented clients to avoid the normal privilege waiver implications of sharing privileged communications. But the doctrine is unpredictable and therefore risky.
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Dartmouth Strikes Out on Privilege Claim for Email Threads
Courts analyzing privilege assertions for email threads often look for some indicia of that protection on the face of those emails. Thomas Spahn, partner with McGuireWoods, offers insight in his latest Privilege Point.
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Some Courts Require Privilege Logs to Include Goofy Data
Although the Federal Rules do not explicitly require privilege logs, every court seems to do so. Most courts require such logs to include predictable data, but some courts require logs to provide data that seem largely irrelevant.
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