One Year After Ambac: Sharing Information Among Deal Parties

One Year After Ambac: Sharing Information Among Deal Parties

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In this Law360 article, Daniel Halston, Alexandra Boudreau and Jeffrey Schomig explain that the common interest doctrine remains a thorny issue one year after the major Ambac Assurance Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc. decision. Parties must exercise great caution when sharing privileged information with an opposing party in a transaction. Read the full article.

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