Epstein Secrets

ch as using records "to gratify spite or promote scandals" or where files might serve "as reservoirs of libelous statements for press consumption." Nixon v. Warner Commcins, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598, 98 S.Ct. 1306, 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978); see also Amodeo II, 71 F.3d at 1051 (internal quotation marks an

to a morbid craving for that which is sensational and impure."). IsiPretrial discovery is intended to aid the parties in their search for truth. See Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 501, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L.Ed. 451 (1947) (celebrating that "[t]he deposition-discovery regime set out by the Federal Rules o

disclosure, the work product doctrine should not be "expansively construed" because it is in "derogation of the search for truth." United States I, Nixon, 418 U.S. EFTA00177850 683, 710 (1974). Law Offices is not the only case to cast doubt on Sporck. See generally P. Grady, Discovery of Computer

vid. 804(b)(1)? the better reasoned conclusion is that Rule 612 does apply at depositions. 1. The Work Product Doctrine In the now famous case of Hickman 11. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 67 S.Ct. 385, 1 L.Ed. 451 (1947), the Supreme Court re- cognized the work product doctrine. The doctrine creates a "pro

lege must be narrowly construed because it comes with substantial costs and stands as an obstacle of so to the search for truth. See United State Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 709-10, 94 S. . 3090, 41 L.Ed.2d 1039 (1974). [91[101 The dimensions of the privilege itself are reasonably well honed. The priv-

notes had in the first place before reaching the `waiver' issue. Accordingly, and because I do not believe that the ork-product *243 doctrine of Hickman Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L. . 451 (1947), can be extended wholesale from its historic role as a limita- tion on the nonevidentiary m