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1 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T. Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine 46499708-2 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE TO THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND THE WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE Thomas E. Spahn McGuireWoods LLP Copyright 2013 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T. Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine TABLE OF CONTENTS Page i 46499708-2 CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZATION OF THE OUTLINE.
2 1 CHAPTER 2 ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE: INTRODUCTION AND BASIC PRINCIPLES .. 6 CHAPTER 3 CLIENTS: INTRODUCTION AND BASIC PRINCIPLES .. 10 CHAPTER 4 CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS .. 11 CHAPTER 5 JOINT 13 CHAPTER 6 CORPORATE CLIENTS .. 17 CHAPTER 7 THE "FIDUCIARY EXCEPTION" .. 29 CHAPTER 8 CLIENT AGENTS/CONSULTANTS .. 33 CHAPTER 9 LAWYERS .. 37 CHAPTER 10 LAWYER AGENTS/CONSULTANTS .. 40 CHAPTER 11 UNPROTECTED BACKGROUND INFORMATION .. 46 CHAPTER 12 CONTENT AND "COMMUNICATION" ELEMENT .. 52 CHAPTER 13 CONTENT: LEGAL ADVICE REQUIREMENT.
3 55 CHAPTER 14 ANALYZING THE LAWYER'S ROLE .. 59 CHAPTER 15 BUSINESS AND OTHER NONLEGAL ADVICE .. 63 CHAPTER 16 CLIENT-TO-LAWYER COMMUNICATIONS .. 67 CHAPTER 17 LAWYER-TO-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS .. 73 CHAPTER 18 THE CRIME-FRAUD EXCEPTION .. 81 CHAPTER 19 PRESENCE OF THIRD PARTIES .. 86 CHAPTER 20 THE JOINT DEFENSE/COMMON INTEREST DOCTRINE .. 93 CHAPTER 21 INTENT TO DISCLOSE CONTENT .. 104 CHAPTER 22 INTERNAL CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS AND INSURANCE .. 108 CHAPTER 23 WAIVER OF THE PRIVILEGE .. 113 CHAPTER 24 POWER TO WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE.
4 115 CHAPTER 25 EXPRESS WAIVER .. 121 CHAPTER 26 INTENTIONAL EXPRESS WAIVER .. 128 CHAPTER 27 INADVERTENT EXPRESS WAIVER .. 140 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T. Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page ii 46499708-2 CHAPTER 28 IMPLIED WAIVER .. 150 CHAPTER 29 THE "AT ISSUE" DOCTRINE .. 158 CHAPTER 30 SUBJECT MATTER WAIVER .. 165 CHAPTER 31 SCOPE OF A SUBJECT MATTER WAIVER .. 171 CHAPTER 32 WAIVER: NEW RULES AND PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES.
5 174 CHAPTER 33 WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE: HISTORIC PERPECTIVE .. 176 CHAPTER 34 CREATING AND ASSERTING WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION .. 180 CHAPTER 35 CONTEXT AND TIMING OF WORK PRODUCT .. 186 CHAPTER 36 "LITIGATION" ELEMENT .. 189 CHAPTER 37 "ANTICIPATION OF LITIGATION" ELEMENT .. 191 CHAPTER 38 "MOTIVATION" ELEMENT .. 197 CHAPTER 39 WORK PRODUCT CONTENT .. 203 CHAPTER 40 FACT WORK PRODUCT .. 207 CHAPTER 41 opinion WORK PRODUCT .. 215 CHAPTER 42 FACTS REFLECTING THE LAWYER'S opinion .. 219 CHAPTER 43 PROTECTION FOR INTERNAL CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS.
6 225 CHAPTER 44 OVERCOMING WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION .. 231 CHAPTER 45 OVERCOMING FACT WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION .. 236 CHAPTER 46 OVERCOMING opinion WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION .. 241 CHAPTER 47 POWER TO WAIVE WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION .. 243 CHAPTER 48 INTENTIONAL, INADVERTENT, OR IMPLIED WAIVER .. 247 CHAPTER 49 DISCLOSURE OF WORK PRODUCT TO AND BY EXPERTS .. 255 CHAPTER 50 SUBJECT MATTER WAIVER: APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE .. 258 CHAPTER 51 ASSERTING AND LITIGATING THE PROTECTIONS .. 263 CHAPTER 52 SOURCE AND CHOICE OF ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE LAW.
7 265 CHAPTER 53 SOURCE AND CHOICE OF WORK PRODUCT LAW .. 271 CHAPTER 54 ASSERTING THE PROTECTIONS .. 275 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T. Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page iii 46499708-2 CHAPTER 55 PRIVILEGE LOGS .. 278 CHAPTER 56 EVIDENTIARY SUPPORT .. 284 CHAPTER 57 LITIGATING THE PROTECTIONS .. 287 CHAPTER 58 OTHER DISCOVERY ISSUES .. 292 CHAPTER 59 COURTS' ROLE .. 297 CHAPTER 60 APPELLATE REVIEW .. 300 A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T.
8 Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine 1 46499708-2 CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZATION OF THE OUTLINE Introduction This outline contains sixty chapters, focusing on: The ATTORNEY -client privilege (Chapters 2-32). The work product doctrine (Chapters 33-50). The process of asserting and litigating both protections (Chapters 51-60). ATTORNEY -Client Privilege Chapter 2 introduces the ATTORNEY -client privilege, and provides some basic principles. The ATTORNEY -client privilege stands alone as the oldest and most important evidentiary privilege.
9 Clients Chapters 3 through 8 address the "client" component of the ATTORNEY -client privilege. Chapter 3 introduces the topic, and Chapter 4 deals with a variety of clients. Chapter 5 discusses joint representations, in which a lawyer represents multiple clients on the same matter. Chapter 6 discusses privilege in the corporate context. Chapter 7 discusses the "fiduciary exception," under which beneficiaries of a fiduciary duty may sometimes access communications between the fiduciary and its lawyer. Chapter 8 discusses communications with clients' agents or consultants, which normally do not deserve privilege protection.
10 Lawyers Chapters 9 and 10 address the "lawyer" component of the ATTORNEY -client privilege. Chapter 9 discusses lawyers, and Chapter 10 discusses lawyers' agents and consultants. A PRACTITIONER'S SUMMARY GUIDE to the McGuireWoods LLP ATTORNEY -Client Privilege and the T. Spahn (12/5/13) Work Product Doctrine 2 46499708-2 Content of Communications Chapters 11 through 18 address the ATTORNEY -client privilege's key "content" requirement. Chapter 11 discusses generally unprotected background facts about ATTORNEY -client relationships and ATTORNEY -client communications.
