This article focuses on identifying and asserting the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine to protect matters from disclosure. While it is presumed that the privilege encourages communications between clients and attorneys, that presumption has not been verified empirically.Michigan Law Review, Evidence--Privileged Communications--The Attorney-Client Privilege in the. Corporate Setting: A Suggested Approach, 69 MICH. Rule 9.309 - Protection of Client Information and Privilege. Will result in the waiver of the attorneyclient privilege. Courts have long recognized the existence of the attorneyclient privilege. "In this select circle, we find pleasure and charm in the illustrious company of our contemporaries and take the keenest delight in exalting our friendships. One final consideration arises in the context of in-house counsel. Subject to Business and.