AttorneyClientPrivilege

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May 1, 2017

Plaintiff Waived Privilege by Uploading Discovery to File Sharing Site Without Protections

In Harleysville Insurance Co. v. Holding Funeral Home, Inc., et. al., Case No. 15-00057 (W.D. Va., Feb. 9, 2017), Plaintiff sued to determine that it does not owe Defendants for their fire loss insurance claim because the fire was a result of arson, and also because Defendants made material misrepresentations and failed to cooperate. Defendants

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November 27, 2015

Court Denies “Fishing Expedition” for Privileged Attorney-Client Emails

The Middle District of Tennessee recently denied a plaintiff’s motion to compel production of allegedly privileged emails. In Armouth International, Inc. v. Dollar General Corp. et. al., Case No. 14-0567 (M.D. Tenn., November 2, 2015), Defendants withheld certain email threads and redacted other emails on the basis of attorney-client privilege. Prior to the filing of