Topic: Reviewing Employee’s Email Communications with Counsel Using Employer’s Business Email System
From the opinion:
“Opinion rules that a lawyer representing an employer must evaluate whether email messages an employee sent to and received from the employee’s lawyer using the employer’s business email system are protected by the attorney-client privilege and, if so, decline to review or use the messages unless a court determines that the messages are not privileged.”
Rules: North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2(d); 1.6; 8.4(c)
The full text of the opinion is available at http://www.ncbar…