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The UK Football Governance Bill: Impact on ownership
The UK Football Governance Bill (the Bill), reintroduced by the current Labour government in 2024, marks a significant shift in the regulation of English football.
The US crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege
The recent seizure by United States federal agents of documents in the possession of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has generated much press and speculation concerning the scope of protection over those documents afforded by the attorney-client privilege. While many of those documents are reportedly unrelated to Cohen’s representation of President Trump, there has been speculation that some of the investigators’ focus is on possible campaign contribution violations. Reports of a US$130,000 payment allegedly made by Cohen to an adult film actress to obtain her silence could perhaps provide grounds for the assertion of such violations, depending on the source of those funds. In that event, according to continued press speculation, otherwise privileged communications between Trump and Cohen may lose their privileged status, should the court decide that the crime-fraud exception applies to documents dealing with that payment and the source thereof.
Co-Head of Litigation and Disputes, New York
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thomas.hall@nortonrosefulbright.com
Recent publications
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Impact of PSR and other financial rules on ownership
Our report last year included a summary of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR) and discussed both how owners have reacted to the rules and our predictions for the likely impact on future ownership of Premier League clubs.
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