An Essential Guide to Attorney-Client Privilege ... - the Missouri Bar

85 Spinden, 798 S.W.2d at 478 (Mo. App.W.D. 1990); Claude P. Bamberger Int’l Inc. v.Rohm & Haas, Co., No. Civ 96-1041(WGB),1997 WL 33762249, at *3 (D. N.J. Dec. 29,1997) (no attorney-client privilege involvingmaterials that didn’t appear for primarypurpose of obtaining legal advice).86 Id.87 Gucci Am., Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., 271F.R.D. 58, 61 (S.D. N.Y. 2010).88 Admiral Ins. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for theDist. of Az., 881 F.2d 1486 (9th Cir. 1989)(illustrating importance of having internalinterview conducted by counsel).89 In re John Doe Corp., 675 F.2d 482,492-93 (2d Cir. 1982) (notes taken by anattorney during an internal investigation arediscoverable because the notes did not reflectthe mental processes of counsel).90 Securities and Exchange Commission,Division of Enforcement, EnforcementManual § 4.3 (Aug. 2, 2011).91 Diversified Indus., Inc., 572 F.2d at 604.92 See, e.g. Permian Corp. v. UnitedStates, 665 F.2d 1214 (D.C. Cir. 1981);In re Martin Marietta Corp., 856 F.2d 619(4th Cir. 1988); Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v.Republic of Philippines, 951 F.2d 1414 (3dCir. 1991); United States v. Mass. Inst. of Tech.,129 F.3d 681 (1st Cir. 1997); In re Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. Billing Practices Litig.,293 F.3d 289 (6th Cir. 2002); In re QwestCommc’ns Int’l, Inc., 450 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir.2006), but c.f. In re Steinhardt Partners, L.P.,9 F.3d 230 (2d Cir. 1993) (confidentialityagreement may protect privilege); Saito v.McKesson HBOC, Inc., No. CIV.A. 18553,2002 WL 31657622 (Del. Ch. Nov. 13, 2002)(adopts selective waiver doctrine); Aronson v.McKesson HBOC, Inc., No. 99-CV-20743,2005 WL 934331 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2005)(no waiver of work product protection basedon confidentiality agreement); In re CardinalHealth, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. C2 04 575 ALM,2007 WL 495150 (S.D. N.Y. Jan. 26, 2007)(no waiver of work product protection evenin absence of confidentiality agreement); Inre Natural Gas Commodity Litig., No. 03 Civ.6186VMAJP, 2005 WL 1457666 (S.D. N.Y.June 21, 2005) (no waiver of work productprotection even in absence of confidentialityagreement).93 235 F.R.D. 407, 427 (N.D. Ill. 2006).94 See e.g. Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v.Republic of Philippines, 951 F.2d 1414, 1426(3d Cir. 1991) (holding that disclosure tothe government waived privileges despiteentry into confidentiality agreement with thegovernment agency receiving the privilegedmaterials), but see In re Steinhardt Partners,L.P., 9 F.3d 230, 236 (2d Cir. 1993) (declining“to adopt a per se rule that all voluntarydisclosures to the government waive workproduct protection[s]” and recognizingthat entering into explicit agreement thegovernment agency will maintain theconfidentiality of the disclosed materialsprevents waiver of privilege.95 Explanatory Note to Rule 502(a)clarifies that “a subject matter waiver … isreserved for those unusual situations in whichfairness requires a further disclosure of related,protected information, in order to preventa selective and misleading presentation ofevidence to the disadvantage of the adversary.”96 See e.g. Linde Thomson Langworthy Kohn& Van Dyke, P.C. v. Resolution Trust Corp., 5F.3d 1508, 1515 (D.C. Cir. 1993); KingswayFin. Servs. v. Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP,No. 03 Civ. 5560(RMB)(HBP), 2008 WL4452134 (S.D. N.Y. Oct. 2, 2008); Schipp v.Gen. Motors, Corp., 457 F. Supp.2d 917, 922-24 (E.D. Ark. 2006).97 See e.g. SR Int’l Bus. Ins. Co. v. WorldTrade Ctr. Props. LLC, No. 01 Civ. 9291(JSM),2002 WL 1334821, at *3-4 (S.D. N.Y. June19, 2002); Cigna Ins. Co. v. Cooper Tires &Rubber, Inc., No. 3:99CV7397, 2001 WL640703, at *1 (N.D. Ohio May 24, 2001); GoMed. Indus. Pty., Ltd. v. C.R. Bard, Inc., No.3:95 MC 522(DJS), 1998 WL 1632525, at *3(D. Conn. Aug. 14, 1998).98 Calabro v. Stone, 225 F.R.D. 96, 98(E.D. N.Y. 2004); In re Imperial Corp. of Am.,167 F.R.D. 447, 452 (S.D. Cal. 1995).99 See Barker, 540 S.W.2d at 53-57.100 See State ex rel Day v. Patterson, 773S.W.2d 224, 227-30 (Mo. App. E.D. 1989).101 Id.; see also Legere, 706 S.W.2d at 566.102 See Patterson, 773 S.W.2d at 225.103 See Voorhees, 895 S.W.2d at 14.104 See e.g. In re LTV Sec. Litig., 89 F.R.D.595, 604 (N.D. Tex. 1981).105 See United States v. Schwimmer, 892F.2d 237, 243 (2d Cir. 1989).106 Id.107 Daralyn J. Durie, Drafting the JointDefense Agreement (With Sample Provisions),13 The Practical Litigator 7 (March 2002).108 See e.g. United States v. Aramony, 88F.3d 1369, 1392 (4th Cir. 1996).109 United States v. Weissman, 195 F.3d 96,100 (2d Cir. 1999).110 Wade Williams Distrib., Inc. v. Am.Broad. Cos., No. 00 Civ. 5002(LMM), 2004WL 1487702, at *1-2 (S.D.N.Y. June 30,2004).111 See United States v. Schwimmer, 892F.2d 237 (2d Cir. 1989); Davis v. Costa-Gavras,580 F. Supp. 1082, 1098-99 (S.D.N.Y. 1984);SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp, 70 F.R.D. 508, 514(D. Conn. 1976).112 See generally Raymond Banoun &Ronald G. White, The Joint Defense Privilegeand Recent Government Challenges, 9 Corp.Counsel’s Q. 71 (Oct. 1993).113 975 F.2d 81, 94 (3d Cir. 1992).114 Nidec Corp. v. Victor Co. of Japan, 249F.R.D. 575, 578 (N.D. Cal. 2007).115 See Blanchard v. EdgeMark Fin. Corp.,192 F.R.D. 233, 237 (N.D. Ill. 2000).116 Schwimmer, 892 F.2d at 244.117 See Lipton Realty, Inc. v. St. LouisHousing Authority, 705 S.W.2d 565, 570 (Mo.App. E.D. 1986); citing Transmirra ProductsCorp. v. Monsanto Chem. Co., 26 F.R.D. 572,577 (S.D. N.Y. 1960).118 See Essex Chem. Corp. v. HartfordAccident & Indem. Co., 975 F.Supp. 650 (D.N.J. 1997).119 See Essex Chem. Corp. v. HartfordAccident & Indem. Co., 993 F.Supp. 241 (D.N.J. 1998); see also Nat’l Med. Enters., Inc. v.Godbey, 924 S.W.2d 123 (Tex. 1996).120 See e.g. Interfaith Housing Del., Inc. v.Town of Georgetown, 841 F.Supp. 1393 (D.Del. 1994); Edward C. Brewer, III, The Ethicsof Internal Investigations in Kentucky and Ohio,27 N. Ky. L. Rev. 721, 797-98 (2000).121 Gray, 86 F.3d at 1482-84; State ex rel.Mueller v. Dixon, 456 S.W.2d 594 (Mo. App.W.D. 1970).122 Datel Holdings, Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp.,No. C-09-055353 EDL, 2011 WL 866993(N.D. Cal. March 11, 2011).123 Id. at *1.124 Id. at *6.125 Id.126 Fed. R. Evid. 502(d).March-April 2012 / 93