In Re Subpoenas Duces Tecum. Fulbright & Jaworski, Vinson & Elkins, Tesoro Petroleum Corporation

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• stating “no question” that party was in adversarial relationship to SEC when it made disclosures to agency pursuant to program promising wrongdoers “more lenient treatment” and “chance to avoid formal investigation and litigation” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• voluntary disclosure by the privilege holder is “inconsistent with the confidential nature of the relationship” and acts as a waiver to the privilege

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