Privilege

Privilege

McGuireWoods LLP

Last week’s Privilege Point described a data breach victim’s latest losing effort to claim privilege protection for its consultant’s investigation report. Leonard v. McMenamins Inc., Case.

Privilege

McGuireWoods LLP

Companies and even law firms suffer data breaches, and usually claim privilege and work product protection for the inevitable resulting investigation.

Privilege

McGuireWoods LLP

In all but a few states, the attorney-client privilege can protect a company’s lawyer’s communications with former company employees — as long as the communications focus on the former employees’ tenure at the company.