Rossi v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding attorney-client privilege does not apply to communications concerning business matters
• “Defining the scope of the privilege for in-house counsel is complicated by the fact that these attorneys frequently have multifaceted duties that go beyond traditional tasks performed by lawyers”
• “The privilege ... shields from discovery advice given by the attorney as well as communications from the client to the attorney.”
• “Fundamentally, legal advice involves the interpretation and application of legal principles to guide future conduct or to assess past conduct.”
• “The privilege applies to communications with attorneys, whether corporate staff counsel or outside counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).