Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 29, 2016
Protect yourself from over-disclosing
Considering the sheer quantity of documents often involved in modern litigation, even the most careful attorney can inadvertently produce written materials that are protected by privilege.
J. Randolph Evans
Partner
Dentons US LLP
303 Peachtree St NE #5300
Atlanta , Georgia 30308
Phone: (404) 527-8330
Email: randy.evans@dentons.com
Litigators must balance a number of challenging tasks. One of the biggest challenges - and one that is important to attorneys and their clients - is maintaining and safeguarding the attorney-client privilege in litigation, particularly when it comes to document productions. Attorneys may take a number of steps to protect privileged information, including by redacting documents or reviewing documents carefully before they are produced, but an inadvertent disclosure can occur even to the mos...
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