In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated November 16, 1974

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• concluding that the attorney-client privilege covers communications “to a prospective or actual co-defendant’s attorney when those communications are engendered solely in the interest of a joint defense effort”
• permitting attorney interviews of others without the presence of their own attorney and in the presence of other co-defendants
• joint defense privilege applicable to interviews and discussions prompted by an SEC investigation and threat of civil action
• another should not be reasonably allowed to deny another the use of information which he already possesses by virtue of his own efforts or disclosure
• “That a joint defense may be made by somewhat unsteady bedfellows does not in [and of] itself negate the existence or viability of the joint defense.”
• “The sine qua non of the attorney-client-privilege is ... a confidence reposed ....”

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