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Corporate

Apr. 30, 2014

More merger agreements spelling out attorney-client privilege

The question of who gets control over pre-merger communications between a company and its legal counsel in the run-up to a deal is becoming a top-of-mind issue for corporate attorneys in the wake of a Delaware Chancery Court ruling.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The key question of who ultimately gets to control the blizzard of pre-merger communications between a company and its legal counsel in the run-up to a deal is becoming a top-of-mind issue for corporate attorneys in the wake of a ruling late last year from Delaware's Court of Chancery, the nation's preeminent business court.


Amid the plethora of pressing issues attorneys have to tackle in...

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