Nov. 20, 2024
When is a work email subject to the attorney-client privilege?
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Ivan Puchalt
Partner, Greene, Broillet & Wheeler LLP
Catastrophic personal injury, insurance bad faith, products liability, wrongful death and municipal liability
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Email: Ipuchalt@greene-broillet.com
Loyola Law School
Is an email a privileged communication where an employee copies an attorney on the email at work but does not directly seek legal advice? This question arises frequently in litigation, and the answer depends on both the existence of an attorney client relationship as well as the dominant purpose of the communication. In one recent whistleblower retaliation case I handled, the alleged retaliator let his guard down -- and arguably evidenced his retaliatory intent against my client -- in emai...
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