Privilege and Confidentiality: An International Handbook

An International Handbook
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84766-886-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 994 g

Co-published with the IBA

Privilege and Confidentiality: An International Handbook provides an overview of legal professional privilege, both legal advice privilege and litigation privilege, and confidentiality for in-house and outside counsel in the following jurisdictions: Australia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; China; England and Wales; Germany; India; Japan; Mexico; Netherlands; Nigeria; Russia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; UAE; USA

Each chapter looks at the recent developments in this critical area in each jurisdiction and identifies possible strategies to enhance and strengthen the application of legal professional privilege around the world. Includes a separate chapter on Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Arbitration and a new chapter on the ramifications on privilege and in-house counsel Europe wide of the recent judgment by the ECJ in Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemical Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (Sept 2010) which has put the spotlight on legal professional privilege.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Practice and Procedure online service.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greenwald, David

Russenberger, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Afrika (außer Südafrika)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Nordeuropa (Skandinavien)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Schweiz
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare Berufs- und Gebührenrecht der Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Westeuropa, Südeuropa
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Mittel-/Südamerika

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Australia;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Brazil;
Legal Privilege in Canada;
Confidentiality in Canadian Litigation;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in China;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in England and Wales;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Germany;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in India;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Japan;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Mexico;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in the Netherlands;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Poland;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Russia;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in South Africa;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Spain;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Sweden;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Switzerland;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Turkey;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in the United Arab Emirates;
Legal Privilege in the United States;
Confidentiality in the United States;
The Akzo Judgment: EU Privilege Rules in the Context of EU Competition Investigations;
Legal Privilege and Confidentiality in Arbitration.

Über Autor(innen)

David Greenwald is a partner at Jenner and Block and Marc Russenberger is a partner at Wenger Plattner