International legal privilege and professional secrecy

When dealing with litigation in various different jurisdictions, the Getting The Deal Through Guide (GTDT) provides guidance, by way of a series of questions and answers. In the case of legal privilege and professional secrecy, the GTDT Guide offers important legal insight into the protection embodied in legal privilege and professional secrecy in various jurisdictions, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France and England and Wales. In doing so, it addresses various issues, including the extent to which attorney-client communications and work product are protected from disclosure, any limitations on this protection, ways in which privilege may be waived, the extent to which privilege may be extended in the context of in-house counsel, agents, employees, etc.