Third Circuit Clarifies Standard for Overriding Attorney-Client Privilege

Revisiting a case that it first addressed in narrower terms, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reiterated that the standard to be met in order to use the crime-fraud exception to override attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine is whether there is a reasonable basis to do so.

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