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Jenner & Block Partners David Greenwald and Michele Slachetka Co-Edited the 2025 Edition of the Thomson Reuters Treatise Testimonial Privileges 

A team led by Partners David Greenwald and Michele Slachetka published the 2025 edition of the Thomson Reuters treatise Testimonial Privileges, available on Westlaw....READ MORE

Protecting Confidential Legal Information Introduction

Jenner & Block has published the 2023 edition of Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, a comprehensive look at issues related to attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. First published in 1984, the guide remains one of the firm’s most popular publications and an invaluable resource....READ MORE

Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine (2023 edition)

Jenner & Block has published the 2023 edition of Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, a comprehensive look at issues related to attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. First published in 1984, the guide remains one of the firm’s most popular publications and an invaluable resource....READ MORE

“Walking the Legal Privilege Tightrope - Managing the Risk of Breaking Privilege,” 2024 Legalweek

Partner Michele Slachetka, who serves as Jenner & Block’s Associate General Counsel, shared her insight about the risks of breaking privilege in an increasingly digital world. At a CLE during the 2024 Legalweek conference in New York, Michele and other panelists discussed how legal professionals can manage the risk of breaking privilege and offered strategies to protect it. The conversation touched on the following topics:...READ MORE

“Illinois Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Attorneys 2022,” Practising Law Institute

Jenner & Block Partner Michele L. Slachetka is serving as the Chair of PLI’s Illinois Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Attorneys program this year and Associate Lina R. Powell is co-presenting on “Client Confidentiality, Attorney-Client Privilege, and Work Product Protections.”...READ MORE

“Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Counseling Clients through a Crisis,” New York State Bar Association

On June 12, 2020, Jenner & Block Partners Michele L. Slachetka and Ali M. Arain presented a CLE webinar for the New York State Bar Association. They summarized best practices for effectively counseling business and corporations through periods of internal and external crises. They also shared tips and strategies for structuring law firm legal teams, managing communications with corporate clients and public relations teams, and developing a coordinated legal response and strategy in dynamic envir...READ MORE