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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 4, 2008

Off the Record

New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 addresses inadvertent waivers of the attorney-client privilege, and codifies an area of practice previously governed by case law, write Matthew L. Levine, William B. Mateja and Joshua Masur. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Matthew L. Levine, William B. Mateja and Joshua Masur

Imagine as in-house counsel you've just been assigned to oversee the defense of a major federal litigation. The vast majority of documents are e-mails and other electronic materials. The electronic discovery vendor you've retained to assist outside counsel employs state-of-the-art analytical tools that screen for documents containing keywords and concepts commonly present in p...

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