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· 5/14/1984

Hero Lands Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 5 Cl. Ct. 2346

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that disclosure of privileged material to government agency with common interest may not constitute a waiver
  • “Establishing a [per se waiver rule] would fail to anticipate ... situations in which the [government agency] and the disclosing party have entered into an explicit agreement”
  • finding waiver of work product privilege where a trader being investigated by the SEC voluntarily disclosed a privileged memorandum to the agency prior to the commencement of an enforcement action
  • noting the benefits of cooperating with the SEC

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