The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine, Seventh Edition

Edna Selan Epstein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2026
American Bar Association (Verlag)
9781639055906 (ISBN)

Infos

The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine has proven to be an invaluable resource for litigators and has been the ABA Section of Litigation's bestseller since publication of the first edition. This newly revised seventh edition, two-volume set, has been updated with the most current developments in attorney-client privilege and work-product protection. A thorough analysis of the following topics is included:

Volume 1: Attorney-Client Privilege





Purpose, scope, and standing
Elements; forfeiture or waiver
Exceptions to application
Criminal convictions based on attorney testimony
Survival of the privilege
International context
Ethical concerns, constitutional issues, and strategic issues



Volume 2: Work-Product Protection





Purpose, scope, and procedural matters
Elements; qualifications on protection
Protecting attorney's mental impressions
Waiver and exceptions
Volume 2: Factors Common to Both Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection
Underlying facts not privilege protected
Redaction and procedural issues
Deposing and testifying counsel
Waiver in government prosecutions or investigations
Privilege and protection in the electronic age
Raising both privilege and protection
Interplay with FOIA

Autor

Edna Selan Epstein lives in Chicago, Illinois. She has handled a wide variety of litigated matters, including employment discrimination, pension fraud class actions, medical and legal malpractice, and business torts. Epstein has also represented defendants in criminal cases in the United States District Court. Epstein has taught courses in trial practice and negotiations at NITA, the University of Chicago Law School and IIT-Kent Law School. She has been on any number of panels dealing with a wide range of legal issues and has written articles on various areas of the law. Epstein is the author of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine, which has been in print since 1982.  The 6th edition is published in 2017.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.2.2026
• Zusatzinfo: Not illustrated
• Verlagsort: Chicago, IL
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• ISBN-13: 9781639055906 / 9781639055906
• Zustand: Neuware