Straus v. Ambinder

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for the breach of a limited liability company agreement, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered September 25, 2007, which granted the plaintiffs motion for a protective order to prevent the disclosure of documents requested in a subpoena that the defendant served on a nonparty accounting firm.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff met his burden of proving that the subpoenaed documents were protected by the attorney-client privilege (see CPLR 3101 [b]; 4503 [a];…