E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Forma-Pack, Inc.

*401CHASANOW, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the work product doctrine and/or the attorney-client privilege protects from discovery documents that were transmitted between a creditor corporation’s in-house legal department and an outside debt collection agency. To be protected, such documents must have been produced in anticipation of litigation or in rendition of legal services. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County rejected both claims of privilege in this case, finding that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) failed to meet its burden of proof as to the existence of any…