About The Attorney Client Privilege Survey
This Lex Mundi multi-jurisdictional attorney client privilege survey presents a country-by-country overview of the availability of protection from disclosure of communications between in-house counsel and the officers, directors or employees of the companies they serve. Each Lex Mundi member firm was asked to describe briefly the applicability of the attorney-client privilege to communications with in-house counsel in its jurisdiction. The summaries presented below -- covering virtually all of the jurisdictions of the world -- address the following questions:
Are communications between in-house counsel and officers, directors and employees of the company they serve privileged?
If so, are there limitations on the privilege?
If not privileged in and of themselves, are there alternative methods of protecting the information?
The descriptions set forth below are intended only as a general overview of the law as of August 15, 2009. No summary can be complete, and the following is not intended to constitute legal advice as to any specific case or factual circumstance. Readers requiring legal advice on any such case or circumstance should consult with counsel admitted in the relevant jurisdiction.
The editor-in-chief for this survey is Samuel Nolen, former Chair of Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors and a member of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. The survey’s coordinator is Jamie Bartula, Lex Mundi Practice Group Manager.
Contact information for the author of each summary is included with each submission.
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