When civil litigation turns ugly, it sometimes devolves into allegations of defamation not just between the parties, but against their lawyers as well. In light of the broad privilege cloaking ...

An Illinois appellate court reversed a discovery order compelling the defendant law firm to produce privileged communications with its client in a defamation action under the crime-fraud exception.

Allegations of defamation and conspiracy to defame alone are insufficient to establish the crime-fraud exception and defeat the attorney-client privilege, the Illinois Appellate Court recently held.

The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on cognisance of a defamation complaint of former Delhi Minister Satyender Jain filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Karnail Singh. Jain ...

From Corso Ventures LLC v. Paye, decided Tuesday by the Ohio Court of Appeals (Judge Betsy Luper Schuster, joined by Judges William Klatt and Jullia Dorrian (affirming the decision I blogged about ...

New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on cognisance of a defamation complaint of former Delhi Minister Satyender Jain filed against Bharatiya Janata ...

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