Legal Opinion

2015 DNH 135 Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, (6)—1, LLC v. Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA

District Court, D. New Hampshire

Decided July 9, 2015No. Civil No. 14-cv-303-JLPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.

This case, based on fraud in the inducement, implicates the contours of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney client privilege. Plaintiff Rockwood Select Asset Fund XI, (6) — 1, LLC 'has suéd Karen McGinley, an attorney, and her law. firm, *474Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA1, alleging that Attorney McGinley made false representations about the financial well-being of her client, Martha McAdam,- to Rockwood in order to help McAdam obtain a loan from Rockwood. Specifically, Rockwood alleges that (1) Attorney McGinley told Rockwood that no…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. ZolinSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Clark v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933

17 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Meyer v. MittalDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2023

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API