Category: Privilege/Work Product

On January 6, 2022, Justice Ruchelsman of the Kings County Commercial Division issued a decision in HK Capital LLC v. Rise Dev. Partners LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op. 50024(U), holding that retainer agreements and information on a client’s payment of fees was not privileged . . . Continue reading Retainer and Other Client Payment Information Not Privileged

On July 22, 2021, the First Department issued a decision in U.S. Bank Natl. Assn. v. Lightstone Holdings LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op. 04537, holding that when defendants that had not been represented by an attorney used that attorney’s testimony, it did not waive the privilege for other defendants, who had been clients . . . Continue reading Defendants’ Use of Testimony of Other Defendants’ Attorney Did Not Waive Privilege