While the attorney-client privilege seeks to protect confidential communications between an attorney and a client, work product doctrine. In the Second Circuit, "the attorney-client privilege protects.It is well established that there is no attorney–client privilege between a monitor and a monitoree. This publication is not intended to provide legal advice but to provide general information on legal matters. The attorneyclient privilege shields from disclosure any confidential communications between an attorney and his or her client. One final consideration arises in the context of in-house counsel. 1994) (applying the attorney-client privilege to communications with a partnership's independent consultant). The purpose of the privilege is to enable clients to make full disclosure to legal counsel of all relevant facts . . . 1994) (applying the attorney-client privilege to communications with a partnership's independent consultant). The purpose of the privilege is to enable clients to make full disclosure to legal counsel of all relevant facts . . .