Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP v. VeroBlue Farms USA, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CENTRAL DIVISION CASSELS BROCK & BLACKWELL LLP, Appellant, No. 25-CV-3034-CJW-KEM vs. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION VEROBLUE FARMS USA, INC., Appellee. ____________________ Appellant Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, a law firm, challenges a bankruptcy court order requiring it to produce nearly 7,000 documents to which it raised a blanket claim of attorney-client privilege. Cassels argues that only a client can waive the attorney-client privilege, not a lawyer, so its actions (such as producing a deficient privilege log, despite…