CPW’s Kristin Bryan, Ericka Johnson and Rafael Langer-Osuna have partnered with Strafford for an interactive 90 minute CLE video webinar Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST on “Defending Work-Product Status and Attorney-Client Privilege of Forensic Reports–Equipping Commercial Litigators to Protect Incident Investigations and Related Communications From Discovery.”
You can register here. This CLE course will explore how to avoid producing through discovery an incident-response report prepared for litigation and how commercial litigators can consult with experts in preparation for litigation while safeguarding the work product and attorney-client privilege. The panel will discuss these issues in the context of data breach and cyber security litigation and recent cases rejecting work-product and privilege claims.
Outline
- Overview of attorney-client and work product privilege.
- Recent cases ordering disclosure of forensic reports and communications concerning internal investigations.
- Best practices to preserve the availability of privilege, using data event and cybersecurity as the example.
- Documentation with vendors Documentation with outside counsel
- Deposition preparation.
- What was the reasoning of courts that recently ordered production of internal reports, forensic investigations, and related communications?
- What are current best practices for preventing disclosure?
- Can discoverable “facts” be separated from legal advice?