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· 7/17/2007

In Re Teleglobe Communications Corp.

Citations

  • 493 F.3d 345
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 16942
  • 2007 WL 2034156

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “it does not break confidence to share an attorney-parent communication with an officer of the parent in her capacity as officer of the parent, even though she is also a director or officer of a subsidiary.”
  • explaining that communications outside the scope of the joint representation, even if shared with a conflicted joint attorney, are not discoverable, but communications within the scope are discoverable
  • describing the origins of and the differences between the co-client privilege and the common-interest privilege, and how those doctrines apply in the parent-subsidiary context
  • collecting cases in support of the “longstanding rule” that “a party must raise an issue before the District Court in order to press it on appeal”
  • common-interest privilege permits attorneys to share information with one another
  • applying Delaware law and citing Delaware Rule of Evidence 502(d)(6)

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Judges: McKee, Ambro, Fisher

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