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N.D. Texas· 3/23/1981

In re LTV Securities Litigation

Citations

  • 89 F.R.D. 595
  • 31 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1542
  • 8 Fed. R. Serv. 748
  • 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18577

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  • stating that the attorney-client privilege is to be construed no more broadly than necessary to effectuate its purpose
  • stating that an exchange of information must be made in confidence, and for the limited purpose of assisting the common defense, for the joint defense doctrine to apply.
  • stating that the joint defense privilege preserves the attorney-client privilege despite “disclosure of privileged information by an attorney to actual or potential eo-defen-dants, or to their counsel____”
  • finding that the potential duplication of effort and cost did not demonstrate undue hardship because “duplication of effort and cost is implicit in every application of the work-product rule”
  • applying federal law in securities fraud suit and recognizing shareholder’s statutory or common law right to inspection could not overcome otherwise valid assertion of attorney-client privilege
  • applying federal law in securities fraud suit and recognizing shareholder‘s statutory or common law right to inspection could not overcome otherwise valid assertion of attorney-client privilege

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Judges: Higginbotham

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