Sentences with phrase «determine issues of privilege»

He added (at para. 12) «a litigant, (and presumably the court), has to have some proper basis upon which to determine issues of privilege as they relate to documents».

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Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

One issue that may arise in practice is as to whether documents created pursuant to an internal investigation to determine whether an entity must self - report a breach of the law are protected by litigation privilege.

Warkentin wrote: «It was open to the Motion Judge to find that the issue of parliamentary privilege versus solicitor and client confidentiality was an issue best determined by the trial judge rather than on a pleadings motion.»

This rule exists for two principal reasons, that: - to extend the privilege to this circumstance would result in foreign law determining the operation of English court process; and - the courts of England should as far as possible avoid having to decide issues pertaining to the meaning or application of foreign laws.