26.25 - 3. Differentiation Of Roles Between Attorney And Director

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3. Differentiation of Roles Between Attorney and Director

Attorney-directors need to carefully differentiate between their respective roles. Attorney-directors can, in their capacity as directors, “be found to have waived the privilege on behalf of the corporation without need of any further client consent.”3800 For example, in United States v. Vehicular Parking, Ltd., a court found that the privilege did not apply where the attorney-director provided documents to the Department of Justice because the attorney-director was...

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