Legal Opinion
RFF Family Partnership, LP v. Burns & Levinson, LLP
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 2013PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The issue presented on appeal is whether confidential communications between law firm attorneys and a law firm’s in-house counsel concerning a malpractice claim asserted by a current client of the firm are protected from disclosure to the client by the attorney-client privilege. We conclude that they are, provided that (1) the law firm has designated an attorney or attorneys within the firm to represent the firm as in-house counsel, (2) the in-house counsel has not performed any work on the client matter at issue or a substantially related matter, (3) the time spent by the attorneys in these…
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