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Common-Interest Privilege Motion to Compel Attorney-Client Privilege

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court: Common Interest May Protect Communications with Third Parties from Discovery, but Not Always

The District of Delaware recently denied in part a motion to compel production of documents and testimony between a patentee and potential investors, valuation firms and an international bank based on the common interest...more

Carlton Fields

District of Illinois Directs Insurer to Supplement Record to Support Privilege Based on “Common Interest Doctrine”

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In Ansur America Insurance Co. v. Borland, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois addressed a discovery dispute involving claims brought by Ansur America Insurance Co. against the law firm Ansur...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Beware the Privilege Waiver During Investor Due Diligence

As though commercial transactions were not already fraught with enough potential pitfalls, a recent decision from the Southern District of New York highlighted yet another risk that could carry significant consequences to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Common Interest Doctrine and Attorney-Client Privilege Protect Distributor’s Email Communication with Defendant

In a January 14, 2020, order, the Northern District of Illinois granted in part and denied in part, a plaintiff’s motion to compel the production of documents withheld as privileged. The court found that an email between the...more

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Litigation Funder Communications Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine

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Addressing a novel issue in In re: International Oil Trading Company, LLC, 548 B.R. 825 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2016), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida recently denied in part an involuntary...more

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The E-Discovery Digest - October 2015

In This Issue: - Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions: ..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure ..Decisions Ordering Disclosure Other - Spoliation Decisions: ..Spoliation Sanctions...more

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