Epstein Secrets

y the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and the express language of Rule 410 and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(0. FED. R. EvID. 410 (discussions made during plea negotiations are "not, in any civil or criminal proceeding, admissible against the defendant who ... was a parti

a, 959 F. Supp. 1529 (S.D. Fla. 1997); by Chief Judge Vinson of the Northern District of Florida in Reiclzhold Chemicals, Inc. v. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (N.D. Fla. 1994); and by a number of district courts recognizing a mediation privilege which shields from disclosure and use mediation documents, l

the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and the express language of Rule 410 and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(f). FED. R. EvID. 410 (discussions made during plea negotiations are "not, in any civil or criminal proceeding, admissible against the defendant who ... was a parti

mbia, 959 F. Supp. 1529 (S.D. Fla. 1997); by Chief Judge Vinson of the Northern District of Florida in Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (N.D. Fla. 1994); and by a number of district courts recognizing a mediation privilege which shields from disclosure and use mediation documents, l

rned by the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light of reason and experience. FED. R. EvID. 501. This Court "has the power to recognize new privileges, consistent with Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, in cases arising under feder

. Chief Judge Vinson and the Common Law Privilege Of Reporting Environmental Hazards and Violations, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. Textron, Inc., 157 F.R.D. 522 (NJ). Fla. 1994) Reichhold Chemicals involved a Consent Order between Reichhold and the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. The Order o