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Fourth Circuit· 10/26/1981

In Re Doe

Citations

  • 662 F.2d 1073
  • 9 Fed. R. Serv. 578
  • 32 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1280
  • 64 A.L.R. Fed. 457
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 16587

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  • concluding that fraud exception allowed disclosure of work product when the lawyer, not client, was alleged to have engaged in the fraud
  • noting the general rule that a disclosure to a person with an interest common to that of the attorney or the client will not constitute waiver of work-product protection
  • affirming a district court order that allowed disclosure of opinion work product where the government presented a prima facie case of subordination of perjury by the attorney during his representation of clients in criminal trials

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