Minnesota's New Common Interest Doctrine

Minnesota Supreme Court Recognizes Common-Interest Doctrine

Although specifics can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, the common-interest doctrine generally permits parties with a common legal ...

Common-Interest Doctrine and Attorney-Client Privilege for Public ...

That means that communications in which the Minnesota Attorney General's Office shares a legal interest are subject to attorney-client and work- ...

Minnesota's New Common Interest Doctrine: A Primer - Ballard Spahr

The right of confidentiality is usually lost when communications between an attorney and client take place in the presence of a third party, ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court Formally Adopts the Common ...

The “common-interest” doctrine is an important legal principle that enables parties with common legal interests to share information without waiving the ...

Minn.'s New Common Interest Doctrine: A Primer - Ballard Spahr

Some states do not recognize the doctrine — and courts that do disagree about many of its requirements. The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ...

Minnesota Formally Recognizes the Common Interest Doctrine

The Common Interest Doctrine is an exception to this rule. Under the doctrine, attorney-client and work-product protections are not waived when ...

Minnesota Supreme Court Adopts the Common Interest Doctrine

Attorney-client privilege is the bedrock of the American legal system. It allows clients to speak openly and honestly with their counselors in a ...

Attorney-Client Privilege: Minnesota Recognizes the Common ...

In Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, the Minnesota Supreme Court recently adopted the common-interest doctrine which preserves attorney client privilege over ...

Minnesota Recognizes the Common Interest Doctrine

The Minnesota Supreme Court found that the common interest doctrine protected non-public climate change-related "communications among attorneys ...

Minnesota Supreme Court Recognizes the Common-Interest Doctrine

The Minnesota Supreme Court released its opinion on Sept. 28 in Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, formally recognizing the common-interest doctrine in ...

Davis, Shaull Examine Minnesota's Adoption of Common Interest ...

Common interest agreements have long been used by the state's practitioners to share otherwise privileged information among parties with a ...

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE: MINNESOTA RECOGNIZES THE ...

The common- interest doctrine serves as a limited exception to the general rule that the attorney-client privilege is waived by disclosure of ...

The Ins and Outs of the Newly-recognized Common Interest Doctrine

The Minnesota Supreme Court recently recognized the common interest doctrine. Join us in exploring the guidance offered by the Court on this new exception to ...

Recent Decisions on the Common Interest Doctrine and Multistate ...

State courts in Minnesota and Vermont have reached different conclusions about whether documents produced and exchanged by state attorneys general, working ...

Minn.'s New Common Interest Doctrine: A Primer - Law360

In its recent ruling in Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, the Minnesota Supreme Court adopted the common interest doctrine, ...

State of Minnesota In Supreme Court

As such, virtually every jurisdiction recognizes some form of the common-interest doctrine. Given the new and unexpected uncertainty introduced by the Court of ...

Attorney-Client Privilege: Minnesota Recognizes the Common ...

Attorney-Client Privilege: Minnesota Recognizes the Common-Interest Doctrine - University of St. Thomas - Journal article.

Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison - Minnesota Case Law

The Supreme Court held (1) the common-interest doctrine is formally recognized in Minnesota; (2) the attorney-client privilege may apply to ...

Rattling the Attorney-Client Privilege Cage – A Lesson in Avoiding ...

In addition, this decision serves as a helpful example of the distinction between a “common legal interest” versus a “common problem” among the ...

MINNESOTA FORMALLY RECOGNIZES THE COMMON INTEREST ...

Common Interest Doctrine. In a recent decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court, Energy Policy. Advocates v. Ellison, ___ N.W.2d ___, 2022 WL.