Federal Deposit Insurance v. Marine Midland Realty Credit Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

The inadvertent production of a privileged document is a specter that *480haunts every document intensive case. In the instant matter, this specter has materialized. Specifically, three copies of a letter to non-party Rowe Development Company (“Rowe”) from its counsel inadvertently fell into the hands of plaintiff, New Bank of New England (“NBNE”). In response, Rowe, Rowe Properties-Bank Street Limited Partnership, Steven P. Settlage and the Estate of A. Kemp Rowe have filed a joint Motion for a Protective Order.1

Specifically, Rowe requests the Court to…