Epstein Secrets

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (April 18, 2014) Before PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and HONEYWELL,* District Judge. * Honorable Charlene Edwards Honeywell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation.

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (April 18, 2014) Before PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and HONEYWELL,* District Judge. * Honorable Charlene Edwards Honeywell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation.

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (April 18, 2014) Before PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and HONEYWELL,* District Judge. * Honorable Charlene Edwards Honeywell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation.

F.2d at 1004. Although Congress empowered the federal courts through Rule 501 to "continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges," Trammell. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S. Ct. 906, 910 (1980), we disfavor newly minted privileges, which "contravene the fundamental principle that