Civil Litigation,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 6, 2012
eDiscovery: Unsuspecting waiver of attorney-client privilege
There are instances when we already have the "golden goose" in our hands, and it remains only for us to lose it.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
Losing the golden goose. In life, we are accustomed to reach for things that we want to acquire; those that we do not possess. However, there are instances when we already have the golden goose in our hands, and it remains only for us to lose it. That is what the defendant discovered to its dismay in Inhalation Plastics Inc. v. Medex Cardio-Pulmonary Inc., 2012 WL 3731483 (S.D. Ohio, Aug. 28, 2012).
Facts. Defendant produced approximately 7,500 pages (out of...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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