Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Resolved
Docket Number
Term
2022 Term
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege where obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication.
Case Updates
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses writ of certiorari as improvidently granted, declining to address whether attorney-client privilege protects dual-purpose communications with both a legal and non-legal purpose
January 23, 2023
Click here to view the order.
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to hold that attorney-client privilege protects communications with mixed legal and non-legal purposes
November 23, 2022
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief. The Chamber previously filed an amicus brief in this case successfully supporting cert.
William T. Burke, John S. Williams, Jesse T. Clay, Kees D. Thompson, Sumer Ghazala, and Jacob L. Burnett of Williams & Connolly LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Cert. petition granted
October 03, 2022
U.S. Chamber files certiorari-stage amicus brief
June 01, 2022
The brief urges the Supreme Court to hold that attorney-client privilege protects communications made for intertwined legal and business purposes, not merely those communications that can be identified as having been made for a “predominantly” legal purpose.
Lisa S. Blatt, William T. Burke, John S. Williams, Jesse T. Clay and Kees D. Thompson of Williams & Connolly LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Ninth Circuit Opinion -- In re Grand Jury (Ninth Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (cert.) -- In Re Grand Jury (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (merits) -- In Re Grand Jury (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Order -- In Re Grand Jury (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf