Advertisement In high-profile cases in 2001[1] and 2003,[2] federal courts recognized exceptions to the third-party waiver rule for privileged communications shared with public relations (PR) consultants. Since then, courts have repeatedly been tasked with determining the status of PR firms for purposes of asserted waivers of attorney-client privilege and deciding whether Kovel[3]or the third-party waiver exceptions recognized in In … Continue reading Protecting Privilege when Communicating with PR Consultants