Attorney Client Privilege For A Corporation In Pennsylvania
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The Privileges provide that in either criminal or civil pro- ceedings, "counsel shall not be competent or permitted to testify to confidential communications made to him by his client.... unless . .. this privilege is waived upon the trial by the client."
In Pennsylvania, the doctrine protects the disclosure of mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, notes or summaries, or legal theories of a party's attorney, respecting the value or merit of a claim or defense or respecting strategy or tactics. Documents include emails, text messages, letters, and memoranda.
The attorney-client privilege is a legal doctrine that protects the confidentiality of communications between attorneys and their clients. With certain limited exceptions, courts cannot require a party to disclose communications that are protected by the attorney-client privilege.
The accountant-client privilege prohibits the forced disclosure of certain confidential information between the accountant and the client. However, there are circumstances in which this protection is lost by either explicit or implied waiver of the privilege.
Privilege is a fundamental legal right. It allows individuals and corporate entities to resist disclosure of confidential and sensitive material.
In the civil context, the statute provides as follows: “In a civil matter counsel shall not be competent or permitted to testify to confidential communications made to him by his client, nor shall the client be compelled to disclose the same, unless in either case this privilege is waived upon the trial by the client.” ...
