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Privilege Log Helps Defeat Summary Judgment on One Count

E-Discovery LLC

However, its privilege log contained entries showing earlier privileged communications relating to terminating plaintiff. The court held that, combined with other evidence, the privilege log raised factual disputes and credibility issues. Defendant asserted that termination was first considered on June 26 or 27.

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Sometimes, I Wonder….

E-Discovery LLC

According to the defendants, the twenty-one emails to or from AAG Schaller as she worked with the prison to compile a supplemental return to file in the plaintiffs certiorari case are the epitome of attorney-client privileged communication and attorney work product.

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Another Approach to Drafting and Discovery of Litigation Hold Notices

E-Discovery LLC

It wrote: Viewing the communications at issue in their full content and context, the Court finds that they constitute privileged communications between an attorney, the attorneys employee, and the client for the purpose of obtaining and providing legal advice.

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AI Companionship and Machine Intuition: Rethinking Relationships in the Age of Artificial Empathy

Complex Discovery

Legal teams must consider: What constitutes privileged communication when one party is an AI? How do courts handle the authenticity of AI-generated evidence? In litigation or compliance reviews, this data may be subject to discovery, raising complex questions about consent, scope, and admissibility.

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The Court is Prepared to Proceed: Are You?

The Barrister

THSCL covers topics unexperienced attorneys may be “familiar” with but lack a concrete understanding of such as relevancy, hearsay evidence, dead man’s statutes, and privileged communications. THSCL is authored by two renowned South Carolinians in the legal community: The Honorable Alexander M.