Towne Place Condo. Ass'n v. Phila. Indem. Ins. Co.

Jeffrey Cole, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The parties in this insurance coverage case, who are also counsel in the case before Judge Feinerman, 17 C 1995, have a dispute about the discoverability of a very substantial number of emails. The parties have agreed that the ruling here is applicable to both cases.

The defendant's position is that its claim of privilege under the attorney-client (or in some instances, work product) privilege insulates the objected to documents from discovery. The plaintiff, with equal vigor, questions the assertion of privilege. The controversy initially resulted…