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The NAM filed an amicus brief in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court arguing that documents shared between counsel and non-lawyers working with a company on a complex legal issue should be privileged. The issue is whether company conversations with public relations and legal counsel are privileged when determining how best to represent the company. Privilege over documents should not be waived merely because they are shared with public relations professionals to ensure that the company’s comments in the media are consistent with their legal positioning. It serves the interests of justice to extend the attorney–client privilege and work product doctrine so that businesses can properly integrate the lawyering and communications aspects of high-profile litigation. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the attorney-client privilege can extend to communications among a company, its outside counsel, and a public relations firm involved in the matter