Sanib Corp. v. United Fruit Co.

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• concluding that the work product doctrine is best served by extending it to subsequent litigation
• \Disclosing documents to an auditor does not substantially increase the opportunity for potential adversaries to obtain the information.\
• “[T]he work product privilege may be waived by disclosures to third parties ‘in a manner which substantially increases the opportunity for potential adversaries to obtain the information.’ ”
• Because an independent auditor does not have an adver sarial relationship with the client, “[d]is-closing documents to an auditor does not substantially increase the opportunity for potential adversaries to obtain the information.”
• \[T]he fact that an independent auditor must remain independent from the company it audits does not establish that the auditor also has an adversarial relationship with the client as contemplated by the work product doctrine.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).