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081 (4th Cir. 1981). Under the circumstances, any claim of privilege or work product cannot be accepted without further evidentiary substantiation. See United States'. Aramony, 88 F.3d 1369, 1392 (4th Cir. 1996) (where the allegations against one party could not subject another to civil or criminal liability, joi

nce law. Most Cited Cases In a diversity case, court applies federal law to resolve work product claims. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 26(b)(3), 28 U.S.C.A. [5j 04( Federal Civil Procedure 170A €=+ 16 2) 170A Federal Civil Procedure 170AX Depositions and Discovery 170AX(E) Discovery and Production

the law relating to inadvertent waiver of the attorney client privilege, not- ing that three distinct approaches had been followed by courts within the United States: a strict waiver approach, fmding waiver whenever a non-privileged disclos- ure occurs; a lenient approach: finding waiver only in the instance of

("Colorable claims of attor- ney-client and work product privilege [are] .. . a textbook example of an entitlement to intervention as of right."); United Stalest. AT & T Co., 642 F.2d 1285, 1292 (D.C.Cir.1980); Sackman I. Liggett Group, Inc., 167 F.R.D. 6, 20-21 (E.D.N.Y. 1996). In allowing intervention,

attorney, who also represented corporation, where attor- ney was not actively protecting that privi- lege. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 24(a), (aX2), 28 U.S.C.A.; Fed.Rules Evid.Rule 501, 28 U.S.C.A.; N.Y.McKinney's CPLR 4503. 6. Witnesses o=>198(1) Existence of attorney-client privilege is based upon poli

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and

enying mandamus where petitioners sought to vacate plea agreement which made no provision for restitution in deference to pending civil litigation); United States v. Aguirre-Gonzalez, 597 F.3d 46 (1st Cir. 2010) (relying on the "strong interest in the finality of criminal sentences" to reject mandamus under th

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and

air the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction"); United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 464 (1996); United States v. Smith, 231 F.3d 800, 807 (11th Cir. 2000). Thus, the only real purpose in seeking the plea negotiations is to offer them in evidence against M

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and

General or any officer under his direction." 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(6). The Act codifies the long-standing principle that "[t]he Attorney General and United States Attorneys retain broad discretion to enforce the Nation's criminal laws." United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 464 (1996). This is due in large

), the district court in California became the first federal court to adopt the mediation privilege as federal common law under Rule 501. Relying on Lake Utopia Paper as well as a number of other decisions addressing the confidentiality of settlement negotiations, Folb held that "the need for confidentiality and