The battle to extend privilege for in-house lawyers in Europe has suffered a major blow after a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today (14 September) stated that company legal teams are not protected in competition cases.
The ECJ rejected arguments made by Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel that a lower court was wrong to find that communications involving in-house legal counsel are not covered by lawyer-client confidentiality.
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