Legal Opinion
Stryker Corp. v. Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 22, 1992No. CV 90-3006 (ADS)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*301ORDER
ORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.
In this patent infringement action, defendants seek to compel production of certain documents from plaintiffs. Plaintiffs, however, have objected to such production claiming that said documents are protected from discovery because of the attorney-client privilege and work-product immunity. Pursuant to my order, plaintiffs have submitted the purported privileged documents for an in camera inspection.
DISCUSSION
A. Attorney-Client Privilege
The attorney-client privilege encourages complete disclosure of information between the attorney and client and…
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