Highlights & Analysis of Key Decisions from Delaware's Supreme Court & Court of Chancery
JPMorgan Chase & Co. v. American Century Companies, Inc., C.A. No. 6875-VCN (Del. Ch. April 18, 2013).
Issue Addressed: Whether the attorney/client privilege and work product doctrine were defenses to a motion to compel?
Short Answer: Yes in part and no in part.
Brief Overview
This letter decision provides a useful application…
In the case of In Re William Lyon Homes Shareholder Litigation, 2008 WL 3522437 (Del. Ch., Aug. 8, 2008), the Chancery Court ruled that the "at issue" exception to the attorney/client privilege did not apply to the facts of the case, and thus the privilege was not waived, because the defendants specifically adopted a tactic…