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Courts Assess Protection for Lawyers’ Billing Entries: Part II
Last week's Privilege Point described courts' varied approaches to losing litigants' efforts to discover the winning lawyers' billing entries when the winners seek recovery of their attorney's fees.
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Courts Assess Protection for Lawyers’ Billing Entries: Part I
Winning litigation parties sometimes seek recovery of the money they spent on their lawyers — either as a damage element or under a fee-shifting legal doctrine or contract provision.
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Minnesota Recognizes the Common Interest Doctrine
Under the common interest doctrine, separately represented clients can avoid the normal waiver implications of sharing privileged communications by entering into a contractual arrangement.
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