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  1. December 19, 2022

    Feds Tell Justices To Reject 'Supersized' Privilege Test

    Communications including both legal and nonlegal advice should not be shielded from grand jury subpoenas by a "supersized" attorney-client privilege unless their primary purpose is legal aid, the federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court.

  2. December 05, 2022

    ACC, Chamber Urge High Court To Protect In-House Privilege

    Groups representing in-house attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to overturn the Ninth Circuit's test for determining if a legal and non-legal communication is privileged, saying the test makes it difficult for attorneys to know beforehand if such communications will be protected.

  3. November 28, 2022

    Tax Atty Group Urges Justices To Scrap Strict Privilege Test

    The U.S. Supreme Court should reject an appeals court's narrow approach to determining whether mixed-use legal communications are covered by attorney-client privilege, a group of tax attorneys said in support of a law firm's bid to shield tax advice from grand jury subpoenas.

  4. November 23, 2022

    ABA Asks Justices To Leave Atty-Client Privilege Alone

     The American Bar Association has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to tweak the long-standing attorney-client privilege, lending its voice to a highly watched case involving a law firm's efforts to shield tax advice from grand jury subpoenas.

  5. November 23, 2022

    Tech Tax Pros Ask Justices For Broad Privilege Ruling

    A group of Silicon Valley tax practitioners urged the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a broad application of attorney-client privilege in a case involving a law firm's efforts to shield dual-purpose communications involving tax advice from subpoenas.

  6. November 18, 2022

    IP Attys Urge Justices To Adopt Broad Atty-Client Privilege

    An intellectual property group urged the U.S. Supreme Court to endorse a broad application of attorney-client privilege to mixed-use client communications, arguing it shouldn't adopt a more stringent privilege standard in a case involving a firm's efforts to shield tax advice from subpoenas.

  7. November 16, 2022

    Firm Asks Justices To Protect Dual-Purpose Client Comms

    The U.S. Supreme Court should adopt a broad interpretation of attorney-client privilege that shields mixed-use legal advice if it has a significant legal purpose, an unnamed tax law firm fighting to protect client communications from grand jury subpoenas said Wednesday.

  8. November 04, 2022

    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    This past week saw arguments in two highly anticipated cases over affirmative action at colleges and two more involving post-conviction relief for prisoners, as well as a protest that interrupted the justices' consideration of a tax case. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  9. October 27, 2022

    High Court Privilege Case Could Hinder In-House Counsel

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a tax-related case concerning the scope of attorney-client privilege for multipurpose communications, and the outcome could potentially interfere with the work of in-house counsel, whose communications within a company often involve nonlegal business matters.

  10. October 21, 2022

    Tax Pros Hope For Broad Privilege Ruling From High Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed this month to review a tax-related case on attorney-client privilege, and practitioners hope the court will use the occasion to take a broad approach toward privilege that acknowledges the importance of tax advice.