Legal Opinion
Drummond Company, Inc. v. Conrad & Scherer, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2018No. 16-11090; 15-90031PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Drummond, Inc., sued Conrad & Scherer, LLP ("C&S"), a law firm, and its partner, Terrence Collingsworth, for defamation. In this appeal, C&S seeks interlocutory review of the district court's order concluding that the crime-fraud exception could defeat the firm's and Collingsworth's assertions in discovery of attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection. The district court made a preliminary determination that the crime-fraud exception may apply to overcome their assertions of privilege and attorney work product protection and ordered a special…
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