Bluebird Partners, L. P. v. First Fidelity Bank, N. A.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered December 7, 1998, which denied defendants’ motions to vacate a Referee’s rulings on discovery, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
It is defendants’ contention that plaintiff, by consulting with the law firm of Kelley Drye and Warren, effectively waived its attorney-client privilege as to all legal advice obtained by it from other attorneys upon the same subject matter. This Court has, however, rejected plaintiffs claim that it had an attorney-client relationship with Kelley Drye and Warren (see, Bluebird Partners v…
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