Introduction A liability insurer may be bound by the outcome of a plaintiff’s lawsuit against its policyholder depending upon whether the insurer fails to...
Introduction The policyholder and the plaintiff may properly resolve the liability dispute, at least in part, by the policyholder selling to the plaintiff the...
Introduction The common interest doctrine permits adversaries to share confidential information without waiving the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. Whether plaintiffs or...
Introduction “When an insurer’s tortious conduct reasonably compels the insured to retain an attorney to obtain the benefits due under a policy, it follows...
Introduction Arbitration is a process by which parties submit their disputes for resolution by impartial third persons instead of by a judicial tribunal. A...
Introduction The attorney-client privilege is a rule of evidence that everything a client says to a lawyer is confidential. “The attorney-client privilege has been...
Introduction The attorney-client privilege is established by a statute that requires witnesses to “refuse to disclose . . . a confidential communication between client...
The United States of America has long adopted an adversary system of justice in which two or more advocates represent their parties’ positions before...