Description
Understand how online collaboration tools may impact the protection of privileged communications.
Since COVID19, many people have been working remotely. As a result, attorneys and employees are using more and more online collaboration tools to communicate and work on projects as a team. Although these new tools make communicating and collaborating much easier for employees and attorneys, their use can create additional challenges in trying to maintain attorneyclient and workproduct privileges. In this topic, you will be provided an overview of the emergence of online collaboration tools, discuss their potential impact on the attorneyclient privilege, and offer suggestions for protecting privileged communications while working remotely.
Date: 2024-08-21 Start Time: 1:00 PM ET End Time: 2:05 PM ET
Learning Objectives
* You will be able to describe the scope and limitations of the attorneyclient and workproduct privileges.
* You will be able to discuss potential privilege pitfalls when using online collaboration tools.
* You will be able to explain some practical steps you can take to protect privileged communications in a remote working environment.
* You will be able to recognize the various ways in which you and your employees can potentially waive the attorneyclient and workproduct privileges.