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solicitor-client privilege

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read August 23, 2018

Disclosure of forensic experts’ findings in data breach class action results in waiver of privilege

Given that maintaining privilege and confidentiality is a key objective in data breach incident response, organizations must structure their response teams and communications with a view to maintaining privilege.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / Data breach, forensic reports, privileged documents, solicitor-client privilege

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read September 19, 2017

Investigator plus lawyer = privilege?

There may be times when it makes sense to try and establish a solicitor-client relationship with an external investigator, and these tips will help you do this effectively. However, in other cases where this is not what you require, recognize that the process your investigator follows may be open to scrutiny.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll / employment law, external investigator, Human Resources, human rights, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, investigation, investigation report, investigator lawyer, investigator plus lawyer, solicitor-client privilege, solicitor-client relationship, workplace investigation

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read February 13, 2017

Privilege for contractor emails

Can a company which provides a corporate e-mail account to a contractor, and then gets into a legal dispute with that contractor, use the contractor’s emails in that corporate account in the litigation? The answer appears to be no, in certain circumstances.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / contractor, corporate e–mail account, corporate e–mail server, e-mail privacy, Narusis v. Bullion Management Group, solicitor-client privilege

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