Legal Opinion
United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Newell
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 25, 2014No. Case No. 12 C 6763PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Geraldine Soat Brown, Magistrate Judge
This ease alleging fraud in commodity trades was referred to this court for the *349resolution of discovery disputes. [Dkt 16.] The present motion raises issues under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(4)(B) and (C) concerning work-produet protection for expert report drafts and lawyer-expert communications. The plaintiff, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), alleges that defendants’ attorneys “commandeered” the drafting of two of defendants’ expert reports, and moves to compel production of draft reports and…
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