Audi of America, Inc. v. Bronsberg & Hughes Pontiac, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Martin C. Carlson, United States Magistrate Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Order is to address and resolve a discovery dispute over the defendant’s assertion that 54 documents that have been withheld from production in this case are privilege communications, either subject to the attorney-client privilege or the common-interest privilege, which is an extension of the attorney-client privilege to instances involving two or more parties who share a substantially identical legal interest, permitting counsel to share communications without waiving the privilege. The…