Barker Decision Extends Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver to False Claims Act Cases
Posted 09/4/14
The attorney-client privilege is perhaps the most critical component of the attorney-client relationship. As the Supreme Court declared in its landmark
Upjohn decision, the privilege exists "to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients and thereby promote broader public interests in the observation of law and administration of justice." As most would agree, without the privilege...