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v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947) 14, 20, 21 Holt-Orsted v. City of Dickson, 641 F.3d 230 (6th Cir. 2011) 51, 52, 55 In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F.Supp. 1529 (S.D.F1a. 1997) 38, 40 In re Grand Jury, 705 F.3d 133 (3d Cir. 2012), petition for cert. filed April 11, 2013 (No. 12-1239)

nc., 399 F.3d 391 (1st Cir. 2005) 54 *Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Chiles Power Supply, Inc., 332 F.3d 976, 980 (6th Cir. 2003) 32,33, 38,40 Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947) 14, 20, 21 Holt-Orsted v. City of Dickson, 641 F.3d 230 (6th Cir. 2011) 51, 52, 55 In re Air Crash Near Cali,

and irreparable chill" to the "frank and complete disclosures" that result in negotiated resolution of criminal matters. In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 957 F.2d at 1533. For these reasons, plea negotiations are properly subject to a common law privilege under Rule 501. II. THE SEVERE AND IRREMEDI

substantial likelihood that the Eleventh Circuit will agree. Indeed, the Court's opinion creates an incentive for attorneys not to do precisely what Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947), was intended to encourage attorneys to do: reduce facts, ideas, and opinions to writing. A return to the days of se

and irreparable chill" to the "frank and complete disclosures" that result in negotiated resolution of criminal matters. In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 957 F.2d at 1533. For these reasons, plea negotiations are properly subject to a common law privilege under Rule 501. II. THE SEVERE AND IRREMEDI

substantial likelihood that the Eleventh Circuit will agree. Indeed, the Court's opinion creates an incentive for attorneys not to do precisely what Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947), was intended to encourage attorneys to do: reduce facts, ideas, and opinions to writing. A return to the days of se

and irreparable chill" to the "frank and complete disclosures" that result in negotiated resolution of criminal matters. In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F.Supp. 1529 (M. 1997). For these reasons, plea negotiations are properly subject to a common law privilege under Rule 501. !IL THE SEVERE

cannot be the law and is certainly unsound policy. Indeed, the district court's opinion creates an incentive for attorneys not to do precisely what Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (1947), was intended to encourage attorneys to do: reduce facts, ideas, and opinions to writing. A return to the days of se

ence and trust" and which serve significant public and private ends, have been recognized by Judge Marcus in the case of In Re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 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.

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

ecognize new privileges, consistent with Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, in cases arising under federal law." In Re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F. Supp. 1529, 1533 (S.D. FL. Feb. 7, 1997). 9 EFTA00177948 • Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 94 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/02/2011 Page 10

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

ularized showing," as well as "rare and extraordinary circumstances" arc required to overcome such a claim of privilege. In re Air Crash Near Cali, Colombia, 959 F. Supp. 1529, 1536-37 (S.D. Fla. 1997) ("a highly particularized showing" is required to overcome a claim of privilege); Cox v. Administrator

f litigation.' United States' Nobles, 422 U.S. 225, 238 (1975). The work-product doctrine applies in civil and criminal litigation. Id. at 236. In Hickman' Taylor, the Supreme Court described the policy behind the doctrine protecting the opinion work-product of lawyers. The Court explained that a lawye