Reardon ex rel. Reardon v. United States

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• holding that documents cannot be protected from discovery solely by virtue of being routed through an attorney
• recognizing attorney-client privilege may be waived in the corporate context “if the communications are disclosed to employees who did not need access to them”
• finding that plaintiff failed to meet its burden of establishing that documents were protected by the attorney-client privilege where plaintiff failed to identify any specific attorney with whom the confidential communication was made
• stating lack of dates on documents alone, given other information provided, does not vitiate attorney-client privilege claim
• extending the attorney-client privilege to consultants retained to assist with the provision of legal advice
• finding privilege log descriptions sufficient where they were supported by counsel’s affidavit stating that the communications were made for the purpose of securing or providing legal services and/or legal advice

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