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Negating Attorney-Client Privilege: Don’t Let AI Put a Fox in Your Company’s Henhouse

March 25, 2026

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Written By Mayukh Sircar, CIPP/US and Angela P. Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP, FIP
The recent rise in prevalence of AI chatbots and tools have generated significant conversations in the data privacy world regarding the risks of compliance…
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Negating Attorney-Client Privilege: When AI Conversations Are a Privilege Bomb

February 25, 2026

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Written By Angela P. Doughty, CIPP/US, AIGP, FIP
A New York federal court just issued the first ruling to tackle head-on whether conversations with a public AI chatbot can be protected by…
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Understanding and Responding to Licensing Boards

February 17, 2026

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Written By Amy G. Fitzhugh
Receiving notice of a complaint or investigation from a licensing board is frightening for a professional. Responding can be challenging because the mere submission…
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Understanding Attorney-Client Privilege

October 1, 2021

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Written By Jordan M. Spanner
  Attorney-client privilege.  Most people have heard of it, and most have a general idea of what it means. But what, exactly, is attorney-client…
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Construction Conference Insights: How to Lower Legal Risk

March 27, 2019

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Written By Ryal W. Tayloe
Three Ward and Smith attorneys provided detailed advice on how firms in the construction industry can lower their legal risk in the opening panel…
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Will the Supreme Court Plug the Holes in Conduit Theory to Draw Clean Water Act Away from Groundwater?

March 1, 2019

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Written By Amy P. Wang
The United States Supreme Court will hear a case this term to decide whether provisions of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) impose liability on…
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In-House Counsel Seminar Insights: How General Counsel can Successfully Collaborate with Outside Attorneys

January 18, 2019

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Written By Richard J. Crow
Three senior in-house attorneys discussed best practices for collaborating with outside counsel during a panel discussion at Ward and Smith’s 2018 In-House Counsel Seminar,…
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HIPAA: Responding to Law Enforcement and Administrative Requests and Demands Part I

August 1, 2018

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Written By J. Michael Fields
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule attempts to strike a balance between the protection of a patient’s privacy and the…
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“ITIN Contractors” – What North Carolina Construction Companies Need to Know to Minimize Risk

April 11, 2018

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Written By Lee C. Hodge
As explained in an earlier article, the North Carolina Department of Revenue (the “NCDOR”) has aggressively audited North Carolina construction companies on the issue…

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