In its latest attempt to lessen barriers to multijurisdictional practice, the National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice (“NAAMJP”) challenged specific bar admission conditions for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, delineated in the identical text of Local Civil Rule 83.8 and Local Criminal Rule 57.21, violate statutory and constitutional legal standards.

In the first decision of its kind in the state, a California appellate court may have opened the door to extending attorney-client privilege to a litigant’s public relations team. Privileged

A company’s directors have the right under Delaware law to access all corporate attorney-client communications originated during their terms as directors—even if their interests in the current suit are adverse to the company itself.