Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Advice of Counsel Defense in Patent Litigation and Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege" on December 15, 2022 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Monte Cooper of Goodwin Procter, Azra Hadzimehmedovic of Tensegrity Law Group, and Lionel M. Lavenue of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will examine the issues of privilege in the context of opinions of counsel and the use of the advice of counsel defense, and will review recent decisions and offer best practices for limiting the scope of discovery of communications and work product related to the advice of counsel defense and protecting the privilege. The webinar will review the following issues:
• What is the practical impact of recent decisions on utilizing opinions of counsel in defense of willful infringement while protecting privileged communications and attorney work product?
• What considerations regarding possible waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product immunity should counsel consider before asserting the advice of counsel defense in patent infringement litigation?
• What are the best practices for counsel and corporations to preserve the attorney-client privilege and work product immunity?
The registration fee for the webcast is $347. Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
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