Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 2014No. 13-1237PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Corporation and Client (together, “In-tervenors”) are targets of an ongoing grand jury investigation into alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). The grand jury served a subpoena on Intervenors’ former attorney (“Attorney”) and the Government moved to enforce this subpoena and compel Attorney’s testimony, based upon the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege. Intervenors sought to quash the subpoena by asserting the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. After questioning Attorney in camera,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. ZolinSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Perlman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- IN RE: Grand Jury SubpoenaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
- In re Grand Jury InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- In Re Grand Jury Subpoena ABC Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2017
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