offensive use waiver

offensive-use waiver. An exemption from the attorney–client privilege, whereby a litigant is considered to have waived the privilege by seeking affirmative relief, if the claim relies on privileged information that would be outcome-determinative and that the opposing party has no other way to obtain. Cf. AT-ISSUE WAIVER R. [Cases: Witnesses 219(3).]

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资深译员Gilbert，国际知名法学院法律翻译专业，擅长翻译各类与复杂知识产权诉讼相关的法律文件。