Bank Brussels Lambert v. Credit Lyonnais (Suisse), S.A.

OPINION & ORDER

ELLIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before this Court is a motion by third-party defendant Roger & Wells (“R & W”) pursuant to Rules 26 and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to compel third-party plaintiff Credit Lyonnais Suisse (“CLS”) to produce certain documents prepared by CLS’s in-house counsel and outside counsel when R & W represented CLS in defending this action by various lenders to AroChem Corporation (“AroChem”). CLS claims that these documents are protected by the attorney-client privilege and are entitled to work product protection. For…