Legal Opinion
Michael E. Tennenbaum Barry A. Porter Marylyn Hoenemeyer Robert C. Becker, Jr. v. Deloitte & Touche, and Thomas P. Williams, Chapter 7 Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 29, 1996No. 94-56242, 94-56292PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a promise by a holder of the attorney-client privilege to waive the privilege, contained in a written settlement agreement in one lawsuit, waives the holder’s right to claim that privilege in a separate lawsuit, in the absence of the holder’s disclosure of a privileged communication.
Thomas P. Williams, the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for several related Glen Ivy corporate entities, appeals the district court’s order requiring Glen Ivy’s former lawyer, Maurice Hart, to answer plaintiff Michael E. Tennenbaum’s deposition questions that ask him to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- The Home Indemnity Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Lane Powell Moss and Miller, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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- Robin James, a Married Person in Her Separate Capacity v. Price Stern Sloan, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Penguin Putnam, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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- Phillips v. C.R. Bard, Inc.District Court, D. Nevada · 2013
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