Mahant v. Lehman Bros.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]nformation once disclosed to a party opponent waives the attorney-client privilege as to future proceedings.”
• “Disclosure of confidential communications is inconsistent with the attorney-client relationship and almost invariably waives the privilege ‘with respect to the world at large.’” (citation omitted)
• Nov. 14, 2024 Hr’g Tr. at 4 (finding that “calls with attorneys that are recorded” are “not discoverable “absen[t] an[] additional showing”)
• “The implied waiver doctrine ultimately is based on - 24 - considerations of fairness: that is, a party may not use privilege as a tool for manipulation of the truth-seeking process.”
• “But subject matter waiver generally occurs only where the party holding the privilege seeks to gain some strategic advantage by disclosing favorable, privileged information, while holding back that which is unfavorable.” (emphasis added)
• express waiver is intended to prevent a party from selectively disclosing information

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).