Century Aluminum Co. v. AGCS Marine Insurance
District Court, N.D. California
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING CENTURY’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF ROBB DOCUMENTS RE: WEATHER CONDITIONS
NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, United States Magistrate Judge.
The issue presented is whether defendant AGCS waived the attorney-client and work product privileges by selectively providing discovery about some of coverage counsel Geoff Robb’s communications but shielding other communications with Robb about defendants’ weather investigation. Century seeks to compel AGCS to produce the shielded Robb documents, arguing that AGCS waived any applicable privileges by its selective disclosure. AGCS counters that…
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