Corporate Privileges and Confidential Information

Jerome G. Snider, Howard A. Ellins, Michael S. Flynn

• Publisher: Law Journal Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781588522740
• Subtopic: Corporate Law
• Index: Law

"The single best source for attorneys to consult concerning issues dealing with the attorney-client privilege. It's a must have for any lawyer."

—Michael Ross (practitioner and law school professor)
Corporate Privileges and Confidential Information is designed to assist inside and outside counsel in negotiating obstacles to maintaining corporate secrecy. All rights to privacy and confidentiality that a corporation may assert are gathered in this useful volume, which also includes advice on how to protect information otherwise required to be disclosed to a government agency.

This definitive treatment covers: attorney-client, work product and joint defense privileges; trade secrets; confidential submissions to federal and state authorities; financial privacy; and access to personnel files. It presents guidance on complex issues such as: the unique position of corporations in claiming privilege; application of the work product privilege to internal communications; the causes and scope of a waiver of the work product privilege; differentiating between inside counsel's business and legal functions to determine attorney-client privilege; insuring confidentiality of information supplied to a government agency; the dangers of intra-corporate discussions of confidential matters; inadvertent disclosures; and keeping results of a corporate internal investigation immune from discovery.

Book #00650; looseleaf, one volume, 800 pages; published in 1999, updated as needed; no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-087-6

Table of contents

• Title
• Copyright
• CHAPTER 1: Introduction
• CHAPTER 2: Attorney-Client Privilege
• CHAPTER 3: Work Product Privilege
• CHAPTER 4: Joint Defense Privilege/Common Interest Doctrine
• CHAPTER 5: Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
• CHAPTER 6: Self-Evaluation Privilege
• CHAPTER 7: Accountant-Client Privilege
• CHAPTER 8: Trade Secrets and Business Strategy
• CHAPTER 9: Confidential Submissions to Government Agencies
• CHAPTER 10: Financial Privacy and Bank Records
• CHAPTER 11: Personnel Files
• CHAPTER 12: Confidentiality in Settlement Negotiations and Mediation Proceedings
• CHAPTER 13: Tax Returns and Tax Return Information
• CHAPTER 14: Deliberative Process Privilege
• Appendices
• APPENDIX A: Federal Rules of Evidence: Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX B: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX C: Supreme Court Standards (Proposed Federal Rules of Evidence): Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX D: Uniform Rules of Evidence: Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX E: Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552)
• APPENDIX F: Federal Tax Confidentiality Statutes: Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX G: Federal Statutes Governing Interception of Wire Oral and Electronic Communications: Selected Provisions
• APPENDIX H: Uniform Trade Secrets Act with 1985 Amendments
• APPENDIX I: [Reserved]
• APPENDIX J: Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1905)
• INDEX