Perspective
Jan. 28, 2011
Worker Privacy in Peril
A recent employment law case sets a dangerous standard for privacy in the workplace. By Amy Semmel of Semmel Kelley.
A client e-mails you that she is being harassed and needs employment law advice. You exchange a few e-mails, giving some advice while the client vents her fears and frustrations. Some months later, to your shock and horror, defense counsel presents those very e-mails to your client at her deposition. You object that the documents are attorney-client privileged and must be returned. A new case says you may be wrong.
In a case of first impr...
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