Below we offer best practices to ensure that privileged communications with contractors can be protected. The attorneyclient privilege shields from disclosure any confidential communications between an attorney and his or her client.First, client consultants are within privilege if they are deemed essential to allow communication between the attorney and the client. More than six years ago, in July 2003, I published an article in NYPRR entitled The Attorney-Client Privilege and Public Relations Firms. The attorney-client relationship affords a distinct, invaluable right to have communications protected from compelled disclosure to any third party. Since 2012 I have operated as an independent consultant helping individuals, nonprofits, and for profit businesses with a variety of services. Diddy denied the claims, and his lawyers argued that seizing the notes violated attorneyclient privilege.