The guiding principle in the drafting of this Rule was to preserve the Pennsylvania law with regard to the attorney-client privilege. Attorneyclient privilege is a fundamental legal protection in Pennsylvania that ensures confidentiality between a lawyer and their client.The key to determining if there has been a waiver of attorney client privilege is determining whether the third party's presence is indispensable. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court set forth a new analysis for waiver of the attorney work product doctrine and raised new attorney-client privilege concerns. The principle that the attorney-client privilege attaches to third-party consultants also has been applied to representatives of the attorney, such as. Even though suit has not yet been filed, you retain several experts as consultants to assist you in the evaluation and defense of these expected suits. After completing its report, Mandiant delivered the report directly to outside counsel, who then delivered it to inhouse counsel. Of attorneyclient privilege to agents, consultants, or independent contractors of a client in the real estate context. Environmental consultants conducting audits or testing fall in a gray area. No, in the US if you are talking about an attorney representing a corporation.