Beasock v. Dioguardi Enterprises, Inc.

—Order unanimously modified, on the law, and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: We hold that the absolute privilege protecting attorney’s work product from disclosure (CPLR 3101 [c]) extends not only to materials prepared for the litigation then in progress, but also to work product prepared for other litigation. The statute granting the privilege does not contain any language restricting its application. Moreover, the purpose of the privilege would be frustrated if work product of an attorney prepared for prior litigation could be used against…