JD Supra

Law of Privilege: ‘Shareholder Rule’ Held to Be Unjustifiable

In its decision last year in Aabar Holdings SARL v. Glencore PLC & Others,[1] the High Court handed down a landmark ruling overturning the ‘shareholder rule’, which has been applied to the analysis of ...
The National Law Review

Patent-Agent Privilege and USPTO’s Proposed New Rule

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Finance & Commerce

Unpredictability in Privilege Law Creates Practical Challenges

Since the elimination of general federal common law in 1938,1 federal courts have sought to avoid the specter of “two conflicting systems of law controlling the primary activity of citizens.”2 But ...
JD Supra

The End of the Shareholder Rule: Aabar, Jardine, and the Future of Corporate Privilege

On 27 November 2024, the English High Court handed down judgment in Aabar Holdings S.à.r.l. v Glencore plc and others [2024] EWHC 3046 (Comm). 1 Mr Justice Picken held that the so-called “Shareholder ...
Law

Privilege Waiver Rule II

Privilege Waiver Rule II This is the second of two columns addressing Proposed Fed. R. Evid. 502 ("Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Waiver By Disclosure"), and it analyzes subdivisions (b) ...
WLRN

An appeals court will weigh Florida's legislative privilege rule

In a potentially far-reaching case, an appeals court Tuesday said it will hear arguments next month in a dispute about whether Florida lawmakers should be shielded from testifying in lawsuits. The 1st ...