Opinion
22-CV-7948(VEC)
11-29-2022
ORDER
VALERIE CAPRONI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS on November 18, 2022, the Court ordered Defendants to produce certain documents for in camera review, see Dkt. 27; and
WHEREAS on November 22, 2022, the Court ordered Defendants to identify, inter alia, which of the sender and recipients of each of the emails produced were functioning as attorneys, as well as the basis for Defendants' claim of privilege over each of the redacted documents, see Dkt. 28;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, by no later than Monday, December 5, 2022, Defendants must explain why the material redacted on the documents bearing the following Bates stamps do not fall within the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege: PGREF00237, PGREF00310, PGREF00324-328, PGREF00329-331, PGREF00333, and PGREF00335.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, by no later than Monday, December 5, 2022, Defendants must produce the following documents to Plaintiff in unredacted form, or else provide the Court with a detailed explanation as to why the material redacted on the documents bearing the following Bates stamps are protected by attorney-client privilege: PGREF00220 (email dated July 12, 2022, at 1:33 PM, from Kaitlin McManus to Bernard Marasco, copying Peter Brindley), PGREF00223 (same), PGREF00308 (same), PGREF00230, PGREF00238, PGREF00303, PGREF00304, PGREF00305, PGREF00337, PGREF00338, and PGREF00339.
SO ORDERED.