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New CCH Treatise Details Privileged Communications Under Delaware Law
(RIVERWOODS, ILL., April 19, 2000) To show just what it takes to
successfully invoke or attack lawyer-client privilege in the courts that deal most
frequently with business litigation, CCH INCORPORATED (CCH) has published Privileged
Communications and the Delaware Corporation: Corporate and Commercial Privilege Litigation
in the Delaware Courts, a detailed guide to what is and isnt protected in
proceedings under Delaware law. (186 pages, $95. To order, call 800-248-3248 or visit http://business.cch.com/securities.)
The outside director in Wyoming, the process engineer in Alabama, the marketing
executive in Michigan and the securities attorney in California the discoverability
of all of their communications is often determined by the law of the state of Delaware. As
home to most major corporations, Delaware is the arena in which questions of
attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine have been raised again and again
in corporate and commercial litigation.
In Delaware, questions of privilege often dovetail with questions of corporate
governance. In addition, Delaware is often the forum for resolving disputes in areas such
as intellectual property, bankruptcy and insurance coverage, and questions of privilege
have arisen in connection with such cases. This treatise deals in detail with all the
ramifications of privilege as it affects these areas.
Author John E. James provides in-depth analysis of the wealth of Delaware case law to
provide guidance for those advising Delaware corporations and those attacking their claims
of attorney-client and work-product privilege. He analyzes virtually every decision,
reported and unreported, in Delaware courts in the last generation that bears on these
crucial issues.
Privileged Communications and the Delaware Corporation shows how to maintain
confidentiality of investigative documents and how to determine what is fair game during
discovery. Special attention is paid to those actions that may lead to inadvertent or
selective waiver of privilege.
About the Author
John E. James has more than two decades of experience as a member of the Delaware bar.
His practice encompasses a number of areas, including insurance coverage, corporate
governance and commercial litigation. He is active in several sections and committees of
the American Bar Association and presently serves as Co-Chair of the Claims-Made Coverage
subcommittee of the Insurance Coverage Litigation subcommittee of the Litigation Section.
Mr. James is also a member of several sections of the Delaware State Bar Association,
including the litigation and corporate law sections.
Pricing and Availability
For more information or to order the 186-page, softcover Privileged Communications
and the Delaware Corporation, call 800-248-3248 or visit the CCH Business and Finance
Group web site at http://business.cch.com/securities.
Single copies are $95. Quantity discounts and school adoption pricing available.
About CCH INCORPORATED
CCH INCORPORATED, headquartered in Riverwoods, Ill., was founded in 1913 and has served
four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces more
than 700 electronic and print products for the tax, legal, securities, human resources,
health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer
U.S. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com.
The CCH Business and Finance Group web site can be accessed at http://business.cch.com.
EDITORS NOTE: For members of the press, a complimentary review copy of Privileged
Communications and the Delaware Corporation: Corporate and Commercial Privilege Litigation
in the Delaware Courts is available by contacting: Leslie Bonacum, 824-267-7153 or bonacuml@cch.com.
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