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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE,
Plaintiff,
v.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL,
Defendant.
15-cv-07433-RWS
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MOTION TO COMPEL ALL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS AND
ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT
PLACED AT ISSUE BY PLAINTIFF AND HER ATTORNEYS
Laura A. Menninger
Jeffrey S. Pagliuca
HADDON, MORGAN, AND FOREMAN, P.C.
East 10th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
303.831.7364
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ....................................................................................................... ii
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERRAL............................................................................................ 1
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1
BACKGROUND FACTS RELEVANT TO DISPUTE................................................................. 2
- Correspondence re: Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 v. United States.................................... 2
- Correspondence re: Giuffre v. Maxwell, 15-cv-07433-RWS.............................................. 2
- Correspondence re: Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell v. Alan Dershowitz ...................... 3
- Correspondence re: Jane Doe No. 102 v. Jeffrey Epstein.................................................... 3
- Categorical Entry re: correspondence potential legal action against entities and individuals
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I. The Attorney-Client and Work Product Privilege Standards and Limitations............. 7
a. The Attorney-Client Privilege .............................................................................................. 7
b. Work Product Privilege ....................................................................................................... 7
II. Plaintiff and her Attorneys Waived Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges by
Putting Plaintiff’s Representation At Issue in the Dershowitz Case............................... 8
a. Plaintiff’s Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege ........................................................... 10
b. Edwards and Cassell’s Waivers of Attorney-Client and Work Product Privilege in the
Dershowitz Case ............................................................................................................ 15
c. The elements for finding an at issue waiver are satisfied.................................................. 18
III. There is No Privilege as to Communications with Scarola ............................................ 22
a. There is no Attorney-Client Relationship .......................................................................... 22
b. Work Product Privilege has been Waived ......................................................................... 23
c. There is no basis to claim common interest or joint defense privilege.............................. 23
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................. 24
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................... 25
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Bank Brussels Lambert v. Credit Lyonnais (Suisse), S.A., 210 F.R.D. 506, 509-10 (S.D.N.Y.
- ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Bowne of New York City, Inc. v. AmBase Corp., 150 F.R.D. 465, 488 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)....... 15, 21
Calvin Klein Trademark Trust v. Wachner, 198 F.R.D. 53, 55 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) .......................... 8
Chevron Corp. v. Salazar, 275 F.R.D. 437, 445-46 (S.D.N.Y. 2011).......................................... 10
Chin v. Rogoff & Co., P.C., No. 05 CIV. 8360(NRB), 2008 WL 2073934, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. May
8, 2008) ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Drimmer v. Appleton, 628 F.Supp. 1249, 1252 (S.D.N.Y.1986).................................................. 20
In re Horowitz, 482 F.2d 72, 82 (2d Cir.)..................................................................................... 20
In re von Bulow, 828 F.2d ...................................................................................................... 15, 20
In re. Steinhardt Partners, 9 F.3d 230, 235 (2d Cir. 1993) …………………………………….9
Koumoulis v. Indep. Fin. Mktg. Grp., Inc., 295 F.R.D. 28, 39-40 (E.D.N.Y. 2013). ..................... 9
McGrath v. Nassau Cty. Health Care Corp., 204 F.R.D. 240, 244 (E.D.N.Y. 2001).............. 9, 22
Schaeffler v. United States, 806 F.3d 34, 40 (2d Cir.2015)………………………………..........16
S.E.C. v. Yorkville Advisors, LLC, 300 F.R.D. 152, 162 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)................................... 25
United States ex rel Edney v. Smith, 425 F.Supp. 1038, 1052 (E.D.N.Y. 1976).......................... 20
United States v. Bilzerian, 926 F.2d 1285, 1292 (2d Cir.1991................................................. 9, 15
United States v. Mejia, 655 F.3d 126, 132 (2d Cir. 2011).............................................................. 8
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United States v. Nobles, 422 U.S. 225, 238 (1975). ....................................................................... 9
United States v. Schmidt, 105 F.3d 82, 89 (2d Cir. 1997) ............................................................ 15
Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383, 389 (1981)................................................................. 8
Urban Box Office Network, Inc. v. Interfase Managers, L.P., No. 01 Civ. 8854, 2004 WL
2375819, at *3–4 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 21, 2004) ............................................................................. 10
Wultz v. Bank of China Ltd., 304 F.R.D. 384, 391 (S.D.N.Y.2015)......................................... 8, 24
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