Legal Opinion
United States v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 17, 2002No. Civil Action No. 99-2496(GK)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*422 MEMORANDUM OPINION
KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff United States has moved this Court for a ruling that all Defendants waived any claims of attorney-client privilege and work product protection over approximately 39,000 documents, known as the “Bliley documents.” The Government contends that the waiver resulted from two actions taken by the Defendants: (1) their production of the Bliley documents to the Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives (“Committee”) without having taken all reasonable measures to safeguard the confidentiality of those documents, and (2) their consent to…
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