Tennessee Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Fair-Report Privilege
A hard-boiled detective story it wasn’t. The facts underlying a case argued Thursday before the Tennessee Supreme Court started out more as a bake-until-golden-brown tale.
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Intelligence Chief Defends Shrouding Whistleblower Complaint
Under fire about his role in keeping secret a whistleblower complaint that has fueled an impeachment probe against President Donald Trump, the acting director of U.S. intelligence told House lawmakers Wednesday that executive privilege concerns pushed him to seek the administration’s guidance.
Read moreTrump Gets Brief Subpoena Delay in NY Tax Fight
Calling on the parties to “sober up” and compromise, a federal judge issued a 24-hour hold Wednesday in the subpoena fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Read moreFourth Circuit Takes Up Secretive Raid on Law Firm
A Fourth Circuit judge didn’t mince words Tuesday as he appeared unlikely to support allowing the government to continue to sift through thousands of emails confiscated in a raid on an unnamed Maryland law firm.
Read moreNRA Wants Mute Button at Ex-Leader’s Interview
The National Rifle Association asked a judge Friday to let its lawyers sit in next week when New York deposes the group’s former president Oliver North.
Read moreJudge Orders Release of Attorney Communications in LA Utility Spat
A California judge ordered Los Angeles on Monday to produce attorney communications regarding a multimillion-dollar class action settlement over utility overcharges, to help determine whether the lawyer who represented the lead plaintiff also coordinated with the city and may have engaged in fraud.
Read moreFilm Company Sues to Spill Secrets in ‘Pizza Bomber’ Case
A film production company sued the attorney of the deceased co-conspirator in a “pizza bomber” case that inspired a Netflix series Friday, claiming he is depriving the company of the exclusive rights to the woman’s life story.
Read moreTrump’s Executive Privilege Strategy Could Mean Messy Fight
Since George Washington’s time, presidents have used executive privilege to resist congressional inquiries in the name of protecting the confidentiality of their decision-making.
Read moreJudge Kills Lawsuit Over Mass Surveillance Programs
A federal judge Thursday ruled that the federal government can use its state secrets privilege to block litigation over its warrantless mass surveillance programs.
Read moreTennessee Justices Bolster Fair Report Privilege
Whether it’s a city council meeting that devolves into a shouting match or dramatic testimony at a criminal trial, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that journalists in the Volunteer State can report on public proceedings that could damage someone’s reputation without being held liable for defamation.
Read moreJudge Bolsters Orders on Fast and Furious Investigation
A federal judge tore into the government Monday for trying to vacate court orders that denied privilege over records on the botched gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious.
Read moreGrad School Travel Ban
A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit graduate school accused the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of somehow getting hold of privileged communications between the school and its attorney and using the information to keep foreign-exchange students out of the United States.
Read moreTennessee Justices Weigh Malice Standard for Defamation
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in the case of a Nashville TV station and reporter hoping to overturn a precedent that could punish journalists in the Volunteer State for reporting truthful information.
Read moreNYC Teacher Union Slams Attorney-Client Privilege ‘Trap’
A policy that the New York City Board of Education instituted earlier this year forces teachers to effectively abandon their right to attorney-client privilege in order to obtain legal representation, their union claims in court.
Read moreMueller Pushes to Uncover Manafort Talks With Lawyer
Prosecutors want to review emails that Paul Manafort exchanged with one his attorneys, a motion unsealed Wednesday with heavy redactions shows.
Read moreJail Phone Contractor Recorded Calls to Attorneys
Criminal defense lawyers in Orange County, California, have been stunned to learn in recent weeks that many of their supposedly privileged phone calls with jailed clients were improperly recorded.
Read moreTrump Rages on Mueller Following Times Report
President Donald Trump on Monday railed against special counsel Robert Mueller in a second day of angry tweets that drew comparisons to Watergate, insisted his general counsel isn’t a “RAT” like President Richard Nixon’s and accused Mueller’s team of “looking for trouble.”
Read moreSpecial Master Finishes Cohen Privilege Review
The former judge appointed to make attorney-client privilege determinations on items seized from President Donald Trump’s embattled former fixer Michael Cohen said Thursday her job is done.
Read moreSpecial Master Rejects More Trump and Cohen Privilege Claims
President Donald Trump and his embattled former fixer Michael Cohen’s assertions of attorney-client privilege over files seized by the FBI dipped below coin-toss odds Tuesday, with more than half of their latest claims being rejected.
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