Legal Opinion
Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2016No. 80PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Pigott, J.
This discovery dispute involves certain attorney-client communications that defendant Bank of America Corporation and defendant Countrywide Financial Corporation shared when the two entities were in the process of merging. Generally, communications between an attorney and a client that are made in the presence of or subsequently disclosed to third parties are not protected by the attorney-client privilege. Under the common interest doctrine, however, an attorney-client communication that is disclosed to a third party remains privileged if the third party shares a…
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