Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book 2016 provides, in a Q&A format, clear answers to the questions that attorneys grapple with on a regular basis as to what is, or is not, covered by the attorney-client privilege. As the bounds of the attorneyclient privilege are narrower and less clear than many lawyers and most clients believe them to be, Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book 2016 clarifies, and provides practical examples, of what is covered. It also discusses how the attorney-client privilege differs from related legal concepts such as the work-product doctrine and the lawyer s professional duty to preserve client confidences. Attorney-Client Privilege Answer Book 2016 answers such questions as: How does the attorney-client privilege, which assures the confidentiality of client ommunication, coordinate with the fundamental tenet of the judicial system to seek the truth?How does the court decide which body of law applies to the privilege issue being decided?When is an attorney acting as an attorney in a specific matter, as opposed to providing, for instance, simple business advice?Who is a client for purposes of invoking the privilege? And if the client is not a person, which employees of the business may communicate with the attorney on behalf of the client?What is a communication that is protected? And what kinds of communications are not protected?Since only communications intended to be confidential are protected, when have courts not found the necessary intention to keep a communication secret?"