Legal Opinion
In Re Qwest Communications International Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2006No. 06-1070PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In this mandamus action, Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Qwest), presents an issue of first impression in this circuit, namely, whether Qwest waived the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, as to third-party civil litigants, by releasing privileged materials to federal agencies in the course of the agencies’ investigation of Qwest. Qwest urges us to adopt a rule of “selective waiver” or “limited waiver” which would allow production of attorney-client privileged and work-product documents to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the…
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