Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 2001No. 01-1975PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to traverse largely unexplored terrain concerning the operation of the attorney-client and work product privileges. The underlying controversy arises out of a subpoena duces tecum issued by a federal grand jury to a corporation, seeking records pertaining to the affairs of a subsidiary. Although the corporation and the subsidiary waived all claims of privilege, the subsidiary’s former attorney and two of its former officers intervened and moved to quash the subpoena. They claimed that the subsidiary had entered into a longstanding joint defense…
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