With its origins in the 16th century, the attorney-client
privilege is one of the oldest doctrines in our common law
tradition. Even so, new issues do arise, like in the North Carolina
Business Court case Hosie v. 8 Rivers Capital,
LLC, which recently presented two unresolved
privilege issues under North Carolina law: (1) the choice of law
for privilege issues and (2) who controls the privilege over
corporate communications in a dispute between a company and its
officers or directors.