Epstein Secrets

to the defendant's continued newsgathering effectiveness of preserving the source's confidentiality." Id. at 596-98.5 Even in Circuits that, unlike the Second Circuit, have not recognized a federal reporter's privilege, the standards applicable under Rules 26 and 45 have resulted in rejection of private litigants

96), a leak of confidential interview transcripts from CBS to the New York Daily News during the epic face-off between 60 Minutes and whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand on one side and the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company on the other, did not waive CBS's privilege in the documents under the Shield Law except as t

to the defendant's continued newsgathering effectiveness of preserving the source's confidentiality." Id. at 596-98.5 Even in Circuits that, unlike the Second Circuit, have not recognized a federal reporter's privilege, the standards applicable under Rules 26 and 45 have resulted in rejection of private litigants

96), a leak of confidential interview transcripts from CBS to the New York Daily News during the epic face-off between 60 Minutes and whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand on one side and the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company on the other, did not waive CBS's privilege in the documents under the Shield Law except as t

nfidential source and his unpublished interview therefore fell within the federal qualified privilege that governs non-confidential news material in the Second Circuit. Dist. Ct. Op. at 4 (quoting Gonzales v. NBC, 194 F.3d 29, 36 (2d Cir. 1999)). Applying the federal qualified privilege standard (which is signific

ld that a leak of confidential interview transcripts from CBS to the New York Daily News during the epic battle between 60 Minutes and whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand on one side and the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company on the other, did nor waive CBS's privilege in the documents under the New York Shield Law e