Public relations confidentiality:: An analysis of pr practitioner–client privilege in high profile litigation

• Autores: Cayce Myers
• Localización: Public Relations Review, ISSN-e 0363-8111, Vol. 41, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 14-21
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2014.10.016
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• Resumen

  • This article explores the legal protection given to confidential information between public relations practitioners and their clients under U.S. law. Increasingly, federal courts have recognized the importance of having a media strategy during high profile litigation. However, courts have a mixed approach for protecting confidential information divulged to PR practitioners during litigation. This article analyzes recent U.S. court decisions extending attorney–client privilege to non-lawyers and provides suggestions on when attorney–client privilege may extend to PR practitioners.