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US Supreme Court announces January oral argument schedule, will hear issues of privilege, preemption and administrative procedure

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Specifically, the court will determine whether attorney-client privilege covers communications involving both legal and non-legal advice when the communication was created for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. If so, the tort claim must be litigated before the National Labor Relations Board, not a state court.

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US Supreme Court will consider liability shields for online platforms, seven additional new cases

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At the heart of the contest privilege the nature of the communications between the unnamed law firm and their client, in which the law firm provided legal advice and prepared tax returns (non-legal advice) for the client. Leon Santos-Zacaria is an immigrant who was removed from the US but later reentered the country.

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