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Weil Ceramics & Glass, Inc. v. Work

United States District Court, E.D. New York.
Feb 19, 1986
110 F.R.D. 500 (E.D.N.Y. 1986)

Opinion

         Owner of copyrights for porcelain figurines brought copyright infringement action against resaler of figurines and two of its corporate officers. Importer and distributor which allegedly owned United States trademark rights and registration for figurines filed suit against same defendants claiming trademark violations. Cases were consolidated. Defendants counterclaimed for unlawful restriction of trade. On defendant's motion to compel discovery, the District Court, Shira A. Scheindlin, United States Magistrate, held that: (1) communications between three corporations named as codefendants and coconspirators in antitrust counterclaim for privileged under " common defense" rule and " community of interest" rule, and (2) work-product privilege regarding patent prosecutions applied only to those documents which exhibited and attorney's concern with possible future litigation.

         So ordered.

         

          David Brown, Garden City, N.Y., Frederick G. Michaud, Jr., Eric H. Weisblatt, Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, Alexandria, Va., for defendant Edward Work, et al. and for counterclaim plaintiff Karen-Leslie Co., Inc.

          Anthony F. LoCicero, Amster, Rothstein & Engelberg, New York City, Bernard R. Gans, Poms, Smith, Lande & Rose, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Weil Ceramics and for counterclaim defendants Disenos Artisticos E Industriales, S.A.


          SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, United States Magistrate.

         I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

         Lladro S.A. is a Spanish corporation, which manufactures porcelain products, including porcelain figurines. The figurines are manufactured in accordance with designs prepared by Disenos Artisticos E Industriales S.A. (" DAISA" ), another Spanish corporation. DAISA owns copyrights, both U.S. and foreign, on many of the Lladro figurines. Weil Ceramic & Glass, Inc. (" Weil" ), a New Jersey corporation, imports and distributes these figurines in the United States and allegedly owns the United States trademark rights and the registration for the Lladro trademark. These three corporations are related. Each is wholly owned by Sodigei, S.A., a Spanish corporation, which, in turn, is owned by the Lladro brothers. Karen-Leslie Co., Inc., (" Karen-Leslie" ) a New York corporation, is engaged in the acquisition and resale of hard goods, including Lladro porcelain figurines. Defendants Edward and Dolores Work are officers of Karen-Leslie.

          On September 19, 1983, DAISA filed suit against Karen-Leslie, and Edward and Dolores Work, charging copyright infringement. On May 3, 1984, Weil also filed suit against the same defendants claiming trademark violations. Plaintiffs allege that defendants have violated plaintiffs' copyrights to Lladro figurines by importing these figurines into the United States from abroad for the purpose of resale, without the authority of the copyright owner. Plaintiffs similarly allege that their trademark rights are infringed by the importation of the Lladro figurines without the authority of the owner of the United States trademark. See Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment at 1-2. In both cases, which have now been consolidated, defendants have denied the infringement charges and have asserted a counterclaim accusing plaintiffs of violating the antitrust laws by unlawfully restricting the trade in Lladro figurines.

         Four dispositive motions have already been made in this extended and taxing litigation. Plaintiffs moved under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and 56 to dismiss the antitrust counterclaim. Both motions were denied. Plaintiffs then unsuccessfully moved for summary judgment on their trademark infringement claims. Finally, defendants have moved for summary judgment on both the copyright and trademark infringement claims. The last two motions for summary judgment are awaiting decision.

         A great deal of discovery has taken place by all parties during the pendency of these lawsuits. In the course of producing documents, plaintiffs DAISA and Weil have refused to produce a number of documents asserting either the attorney-client privilege and/or the attorney work product doctrine. At defendants' request, this court conducted in camera review of close to 200 documents as to which plaintiffs claim a privilege.

         I have adopted the same document classification system employed by defendants, in its letter listing the documents produced, but have numbered the documents within each category.

         I. Communications between Attorney and Clients

         According to plaintiffs, documents in this category include " communications directly between plaintiffs, corporate clients, and their attorneys acting in their professional capacity and concern the seeking or provision of legal advice ..."

         II. Communications Protected by Work-Product Privilege

         As to this category of documents, plaintiffs argue that " defendant has not made any showing of substantial need and undue prejudice to justify their production...."

         III. Privileged Communications of Questioned or Tangential Relevance

         Plaintiffs question the relevance of these documents but do not assert that they are privileged. Rather they appear concerned that production of these documents might result in an inadvertent waiver of the privilege to other documents.

         II. DISCUSSION

         A. Commonality of Interest Among Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants

         One issue must be addressed at the outset. Many of the documents reveal correspondence between Lladro and DAISA or DAISA and Weil. Often counsel for one corporation wrote to counsel for another. In order for these communications to be privileged, there must be a " community of interest" between the parties asserting the privilege. A community of interest exists where persons or corporations have an identical legal interest with respect to the subject matter of a communication between an attorney and a client. Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc., 397 F.Supp. 1146, 1172 (D.S.C.1975).

         In Duplan, the court gave extensive treatment to the issue of waiver of both the attorney-client and work-product privileges in the context of sharing materials covered by these privileges among a number of separate corporations, both parties and non-parties. The situation with regard to work product material appears to be well-settled. " The sharing of information between counsel for parties having common interests does not destroy the work product privlege, during the course of the litigation." Id. at 1172 (citing Transmirra Products Corp. v. Monsanto Chemical Co., 26 F.R.D. 572, 578 (S.D.N.Y.1960).

          The attorney-client privilege is a narrower privilege precisely because its protection is absolute. Any breach of confidentiality between attorney and client, with limited exceptions, constitutes a waiver. One recognized exception to this rule is the " common-defense rule" which allows counsel for co-defendants to share privileged information without fear of waiver. See United States v. McPartlin, 595 F.2d 1321, 1336 (7th Cir.) cert. denied, 444 U.S. 833, 100 S.Ct. 65, 62 L.Ed.2d 43 (1979) (cases cited therein). Another exception is the " community of interest" rule which might extend to non-parties. This latter rule is limited to those situations involving either the legal duty to defend another entity or the common interest arising from a client transaction between two separate entities which are represented by the same attorney. Thus, in Duplan, one corporation which was not a party was covered by the community of interest rule because it was required to act as legal patent advisors to two of the parties. Id. at 1175. Thus, communications to or from that corporation were privileged.

         Another non-party, in Duplan, the exclusive U.S. licensee under the patents in suit was not found to be party to the " community of interest" . Although one of the parties did have a duty to defend this corporation, the duty was not exercised because the corporation was not sued. Thus, communications of privileged material to that corporation constituted a waiver.

         Here, communications between Lladro, DAISA and Weil are privileged both as a legal matter and a formal matter. All three of these corporations are named as co-defendants and co-conspirators in an antitrust counterclaim asserted against them by Karen-Leslie. Thus the " common-defense" rule allows a free exchange of privileged matter between these parties. Secondly, the " community of interest" rule also applies. Although Lladro is not a party-plaintiff in these consolidated actions, it is joined with DAISA and Weil, as a counterclaim-defendant in both actions. Thus, all share an identical legal interest in the outcome of the action.

          Finally, as a factual matter, the three corporations among whom documents were freely exchanged, are related companies, sharing a single grandparent, SODIGEI, S.A. In United States v. American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 86 F.R.D. 603, 616 (D.D.C.1979), the court directed that the attorney-client protection provided for corporate clients includes, the corporation who retained an attorney, its parent, and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries considered collectively. See also United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corp., 89 F.Supp. 357, 359 (D.Mass.1950). Following these authorities, this court concludes that the attorney-client privilege protects disclosures between these corporations and their attorneys.

         B. Attorney-Client Privilege

         1. In General

         The attorney-client privilege promotes complete disclosure between attorney and client and protects confidential communications between them. 8 Wigmore Evidence § 2291 (McNaughton Rev.1961); see also Burlington Industries v. Exxon Corporation, 65 F.R.D. 26, 32 (D.Md.1974). To establish a claim of attorney-client privilege, the following conditions must be met:

(1) the asserted holder of the privilege is or sought to become a client; (2) the person to whom the communication was made (a) is a member of the bar of a court, or his subordinate and (b) in connection with this communication is acting as a lawyer; (3) the communication relates to a fact of which the attorney was informed (a) by his client (b) without the presence of strangers (c) for the purpose of securing primarily either (i) an opinion on law or (ii) legal services or (iii) assistance in some legal proceeding, and not (d) for the purpose of committing a crime or tort; and (4) the privilege has been (a) claimed and (b) not waived by the client.

United Shoe Machinery Corp., 89 F.Supp. at 358-359.

          The privilege " will not conceal everything said and done in connection with an attorney's legal representation of a client in a matter." Matter of Fischel, 557 F.2d 209, 212 (9th Cir.1977). The privilege also does not allow business affairs to be conducted in secret. Id. at 211. Rather, the attorney-client privilege is narrowly construed as an exception to the basic discovery rule which favors disclosure. The court must, on a case-by-case basis, weigh the general purpose of the privilege-to protect the confidentiality of the attorney-client relationship-against the truth-seeking role of discovery.

         Discovery's truth-seeking function has its roots in the fundamental principle " that the public has a claim to every man's evidence." 8 Wigmore, Evidence § 2192 at 71 (McNaughton Rev.1961). Congress intended that discovery in federal courts be broad and liberal to adequately inform litigants before trial. See Schlagenhauf v. Holder, 379 U.S. 104, 114-115, 85 S.Ct. 234, 240-241, 13 L.Ed.2d 152 (1964). Discovery's truth-seeking functions are rarely outweighed by considerations of confidentiality or privacy. Thus, in an in camera review of documents, the party asserting the privilege bears the burden of proof. Duplan, 397 F.Supp. at 1161.

         2. Patent Cases

         Courts formerly did not apply the attorney-client privilege to patent cases because they viewed a lawyer's role in patent matters as solely of a business or technical nature. See Zenith Radio Corp. v. Radio Corp. of America, 121 F.Supp. 792, 793-794 (D.Del 1954). However, in Sperry v. State of Florida, 373 U.S. 379, 383, 83 S.Ct. 1322, 1324, 10 L.Ed.2d 428 (1963), the Supreme Court held that preparing and prosecuting patent applications involves the practice of law. Thus, cases following Sperry have held that communications between an attorney and client in patent cases may be protected. See, e.g., Status Time Corporation v. Sharp Electronics Corp., 95 F.R.D. 27, 30 (S.D.N.Y.1982); Hercules Inc. v. Exxon Corp., 434 F.Supp. 136, 147 (D.Del.1977); Garrison v. General Motors Corp., 213 F.Supp. 515, 519 (S.D.Cal.1963).

         Courts have remained firm, however, in denying privileged status to documents that contain essentially technical or business data and are not primarily legal in nature. The party claiming the privilege must clearly show that a document renders legal advice and does not, for example, merely contain facts later disclosed in a patent or trademark application. Burlington Industries v. Exxon Corp., 65 F.R.D. 26, 39 (D.Md.1974); see also Hercules, 434 F.Supp. at 147; SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., 70 F.R.D. 508, 515 (D.Conn.1976) (" legal departments are not citadels in which public, business or technical information may be placed to defeat discovery and thereby ensure confidentiality." ); Jack Winter, Inc. v. Koratron Co., Inc., 54 F.R.D. 44, 47 (N.D.Cal.1971); cf. Colton v. United States, 306 F.2d 633, 638 (2d Cir.1962), cert. denied, 371 U.S. 951, 83 S.Ct. 505, 9 L.Ed.2d 499 (1963). Therefore, communications to an attorney who is merely a conduit for information that eventually finds its way to the Patent Office or to a third party, are not privileged because they lack confidentiality. Duplan, 397 F.Supp. at 1168; Hercules, 434 F.Supp. at 143, 148; see also Jack Winter, Inc., 54 F.R.D. at 47.

         C. Work Product Privilege

         Plaintiffs claim that many of the withheld documents fall within the qualified privilege accorded to an attorney's work product. Developed in Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L.Ed. 451 (1947) and codified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(3), the work product doctrine protects an attorney's private files from disclosure to opposing counsel absent a showing of necessity or justification for disclosure by the party seeking the documents. See In Re Grand Jury Subpoena, 599 F.2d 504, 512 (2d Cir.1979).

... a party may obtain discovery of documents and tangible things otherwise discoverable under subdivision (b)(1) of this rule and prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial by or for another party or by or for that other party's representative ... only upon a showing that the party seeking discovery has substantial need of the materials....

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(3), (emphasis added).

          The protection offered by Rule 26(b)(3) is limited. Work product immunity does not shield all materials prepared by a lawyer. It applies only to documents such as memoranda, preliminary drafts of documents, recorded mental impressions, opinions, or conclusions of an attorney that were prepared with an eye towards litigation. It does not apply to " [m]aterials assembled in the ordinary course of business, or pursuant to public requirements unrelated to litigation ..." or for other nonlitigation purposes. United States v. El Paso Co., 682 F.2d 530, 542 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 944, 104 S.Ct. 1927, 80 L.Ed.2d 473 (1984) (citing Advisory Committee's notes to Rule 26(b)(3)). Furthermore, the prospect of litigation may not be so remote as to be a " mere possibility." See Burlington, 65 F.R.D. at 43; Garfinkle v. Arcata National Corporation, 64 F.R.D. 688, 690 (S.D.N.Y.1974).

         To determine when the shift from ordinary business to anticipation of litigation has occurred, the court must look at the facts of each case and determine whether the attorney reasonably concluded, at the time the documents was prepared, that a substantial probability of litigation existed. See Westhemeco Ltd. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co., 82 F.R.D. 702, 708 (S.D.N.Y.1979) modified on other grounds sub nom, 484 F.Supp. 1153 (1980); Stix Products Inc. v. United Merchants and Manufacturers, Inc., 47 F.R.D. 334, 337 (S.D.N.Y.1969) (" If the prospect of litigation is identifiable because of specific claims that have already arisen, the fact that, at the time the document is prepared, litigation is still a contingency has not been held to render the privilege inapplicable." ).

          Application of the work product doctrine to patent cases had been challenged on the grounds that much of the information used by patent attorneys is public, and that the patent attorney's role is mainly in the business and technical, not the legal, sphere. See Burlington, 65 F.R.D. at 35. Most recent cases concerning patents and trademarks, however, have held that documents containing an attorney's comments on technical information, legal advice, or preparation in anticipation of administrative proceedings, may be privileged under the work product doctrine. See e.g., Natta v. Zletz, 418 F.2d 633, 636-637 (7th Cir.1969); Natta v. Hogan, 392 F.2d 686, 691 (10th Cir.1968); In re Natta, 410 F.2d 187, 192 (3d Cir.), cert. denied sub nom, 396 U.S. 836, 90 S.Ct. 95, 24 L.Ed.2d 87 (1969). Judge Layton, in In re Natta, 48 F.R.D. 319 (D.Del.1969), held that " documentary material relating both to ex parte applications for a patent, as well as patent interference proceedings, were subject to a claim of privilege." Id. at 321. Thus, the work product privilege does apply to ex parte patent prosecutions, but only as to those documents which exhibit an attorney's concern with possible future litigation. See Hercules, 434 F.Supp. at 151-152.

         III. RULINGS

         Listed below are rulings as to each document reviewed in camera. Documents classified as " not privileged" failed to meet the requirements of privilege for one of the following reasons.

(1) document is not an attorney-client communication.

(2) document is primarily concerned with technical or business information.

(3) document did not seek or give legal advice.

(4) document was not prepared in anticipation of litigation.

         The plaintiff and counterclaim-defendants are required to produce the documents designated as Not Privileged (unless found to be irrelevant) within ten (10) days of such time as this order becomes final.

         SO ORDERED.

GROUP A: Communications Between Attorney and Client

NUMBER

RULING

REASON

Doc. 1

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal assistance

Doc. 2

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 3

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 4

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 5

Spanish

Doc. 6

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 7

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 8=16

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 9=17

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 10

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 11

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 12

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 13

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 14

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

(pictures)

Doc. 15

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

(catalog)

Doc. 16=8

Doc. 17=9

Doc. 18

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 19

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 20

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 21

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 22

NOT PRIVILEGED

business advice not legal advice

Doc. 23

PRIVILEGED

gives and seeks legal advice and facts

Doc. 24

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 25

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal letter

Doc. 26

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 27

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal letter

Doc. 28

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 29

NOT PRIVILEGED

not privileged communication

Doc. 30

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice, seeks legal advice

Doc. 31

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal letter

Doc. 32

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client communication

Doc. 33

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 34

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 35

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 36

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 37

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 38

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 39

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 40

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice and transmits facts

Doc. 41

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 42

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 43

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 44

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 45

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 46

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 47

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 48

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 49

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 50

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 51

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 52

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 53

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal letter

Doc. 54

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 55

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 56

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 57

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 58

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 59

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 60

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 61

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 62

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 63

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 64

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 65

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 66

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 67

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 68

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 69

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 70

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 71

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 72

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 73

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 74

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

Doc. 75

PRIVILEGED

providing facts to attorney in order to

seek legal advice

GROUP B:

Work-Product Privilege (" WP" )

NUMBER

RULING

REASON

Doc. 1

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client seeks information in order to

provide legal advice

Doc. 2

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client WP--seeks facts, provides

facts all related to litigation

Doc. 3

PRIVILEGED

WP--discuss pending case litigation strategy

Doc. 4

PRIVILEGED

WP and attorney-client--litigation-strategy

give and receive legal advice

Doc. 5

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client, WP

Doc. 6

PRIVILEGED

WP and attorney-client--legal advice;

attorney-client and strategy

Doc. 7

PRIVILEGED

WP--litigation strategy

Doc. 8

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client and WP

Doc. 9

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client--give legal advice

Doc. 10

PRIVILEGED

WP--litigation strategy

Doc. 11

PRIVILEGED

WP--strategy

Doc. 12

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client--gives legal advice

Doc. 13

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal of an assignment

Doc. 14

PRIVILEGED

WP--litigation strategy

Doc. 15

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client--gives legal advice

Doc. 16

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client--gives legal advice

Doc. 17

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 18

NOT PRIVILEGED

content, attorney seeks business information

re: filing of copyrights

Doc. 19

NOT PRIVILEGED

content, re: copyright application

Doc. 20

NOT PRIVILEGED

content, re: copyright application

Doc. 21

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client--legal advice given and

strategy

Doc. 22

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 23

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client and WP--strategy

Doc. 24

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client

Doc. 25

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client seeks information in order to

conduct litigation

Doc. 26

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client seeks information in order to

conduct litigation

Doc. 27

PRIVILEGED

WP legal strategy

Doc. 28

PRIVILEGED

WP

Doc. 29

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 30

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 31

NOT PRIVILEGED

not relevant

Doc. 32

NOT PRIVILEGED

not relevant

Doc. 33

NOT PRIVILEGED

not in preparation for litigation

Doc. 34

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client and WP

Doc. 35

PRIVILEGED

WP

Doc. 36

NOT PRIVILEGED

not in preparation for litigation

Doc. 37

NOT PRIVILEGED

not in preparation for litigation

Doc. 38

NOT PRIVILEGED

not in preparation for litigation

Doc. 39

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client communication

Doc. 40

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client communication

Doc. 41

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client communication

Doc. 42

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client communication

Doc. 43

NOT PRIVILEGED

not in preparation for litigation

Doc. 44

PRIVILEGED

attorney-client giving legal advice

Doc. 45

PRIVILEGED

preparation for litigation and attorney-client

Doc. 46

PRIVILEGED

WP

Doc. 47

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 48

PRIVILEGED

WP--anticipation of litigation

Doc. 49

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 50

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 51

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 52

NOT PRIVILEGED

not trial preparation material

Doc. 53

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 54

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 55

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 56

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice

Doc. 57

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 58

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 59

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 60 & 60A

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 61

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 62

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 63

Who is DEYGESA?

Doc. 64

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 65

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 66

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 67

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 68

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 69

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 70

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 71

NOT PRIVILEGED

content

Doc. 72

NOT PRIVILEGED

business information re: copyrights

Doc. 73

NOT PRIVILEGED

business information, not legal advice

Doc. 74

NOT PRIVILEGED

no legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 75

NOT PRIVILEGED

content irrelevant

Doc. 76

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 77

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 78

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 79

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 80

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 81

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 82

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 83

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 84

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 85

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 86

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 87

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 88

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 89

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 90

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 91

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 92

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 93

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 94

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 95

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 96

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 97

ILLEGIBLE

Doc. 98

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 99

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 100

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 101

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 102

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 103

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 104

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 105

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 106

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 107

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 108

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 109

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

and transmittal

Doc. 110

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 111

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 112

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 113

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 114

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 115

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice, irrelevant

Doc. 116

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 117

NOT PRIVILEGED

does not provide legal advice

Doc. 118

NOT PRIVILEGED

neither gives nor seeks legal advice

Doc. 119

NOT PRIVILEGED

neither gives nor seeks legal advice

Doc. 120

NOT PRIVILEGED

neither gives nor seeks legal advice

Doc. 121

NOT PRIVILEGED

neither gives nor seeks legal advice

Doc. 122

NOT PRIVILEGED

not privileged advice and transmittal

Doc. 123

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 124

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 125

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 126

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 127

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 128

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 129

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 130

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 131

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal irrelevant

Doc. 132

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 133

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 134=133

Doc. 135

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 136

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 137

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 138

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 139

NOT PRIVILEGED

invoice, irrelevant

Doc. 140

NOT PRIVILEGED

invoice, irrelevant

Doc. 141

NOT PRIVILEGED

invoice, irrelevant

Doc. 142

NOT PRIVILEGED

content, copyright applications, irrelevant,

transmittal

Doc. 143

NOT PRIVILEGED

privilege waived--cc to third party

Doc. 144

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 145

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 146

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 147

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 148

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 149

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 150

NOT PRIVILEGED

business advice not legal

151=147

Doc. 152

NOT PRIVILEGED

business advice, not legal

Doc. 153

WHO IS DEYGASA and ALBERTO RAMON?

Doc. 154

PRIVILEGED

seeks legal advice

Doc. 155

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 156

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 157

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 158

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 159

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 160

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 161

PRIVILEGED

provides information for purpose of giving

legal advice

Doc. 162

NOT PRIVILEGED

business advice, not legal and transmittal

confidential customer list?

Doc. 164

PRIVILEGED

transmit information in order to get legal

advice

Doc. 165

NOT PRIVILEGED

transmittal

Doc. 166

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 167

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 168

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 169

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 170

PRIVILEGED

provides legal advice

Doc. 171

PRIVILEGED

transmittal, enclosure privileged provides

legal advice

GROUP D:

Late Submissions, Miscellaneous

NUMBER

RULING

REASON

Doc. 172(c)

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 173(c)

NOT PRIVILEGED

content--irrelevant

Doc. 174(c)

NOT PRIVILEGED

not attorney-client communication

Doc. 175(a)

PRIVILEGED

gives legal advice


Summaries of

Weil Ceramics & Glass, Inc. v. Work

United States District Court, E.D. New York.
Feb 19, 1986
110 F.R.D. 500 (E.D.N.Y. 1986)
Case details for

Weil Ceramics & Glass, Inc. v. Work

Case Details

Full title:WEIL CERAMICS & GLASS, INC., a New York corporation, Plaintiff, v. Edward…

Court:United States District Court, E.D. New York.

Date published: Feb 19, 1986

Citations

110 F.R.D. 500 (E.D.N.Y. 1986)

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