On Jan. 12, 2021, a U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia issued an opinion inWengui v. Clark Hill, PLC, 440 F. Supp. 3d 30, 33-34 (D.D.C.
Maintaining Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protections over Forensic Reports in Light of 'Wengui v. Clark Hill'
The Clark Hill opinion is notable because not only does it follow a string of recent opinions that have found data breach forensic reports not to be entitled to work product protection, it also goes one step further to find that a data breach forensic report is not protected by attorney-client privilege.

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