A sample joint defense and confidentiality agreement (JDA), which allows parties with common legal interests related to pending or anticipated federal civil litigation to share information without waiving the attorney-client privilege, work product protection, or other applicable privilege or protection. This agreement may also protect against the disqualification of one party's counsel resulting from having received other parties' privileged or protected information under this agreement. This Standard Document has integrated notes with important explanations and drafting tips.

Based in part on "Investigations: Joint Defense and Confidentiality Agreement" by Jonathan N. Rosen, Rimon PC, with Practical Law Litigation.