· 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)
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: McKee, Ambro, Fisher
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