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Ambac Assurance Corporation, et al., Appellants,v.Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., et al., Respondents, Bank of America Corp., Defendant.

Brief

23 Cited authorities

  1. Upjohn Co. v. United States

    449 U.S. 383 (1981)   Cited 4,229 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Holding that communications between corporate counsel and a corporation's employees made for the purpose of rendering legal advice are protected by the attorney-client privilege

  2. Liberman v. Gelstein

    80 N.Y.2d 429 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 1,006 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding an interloper's statements to the party (potentially slanderous per se because "tend[ing] to injure [the counter-party] in his or her trade, business or profession") could subject the interloper to liability for tortious interference if the party declined to proceed with the transaction on that basis

  3. In re Teleglobe Comms

    493 F.3d 345 (3d Cir. 2007)   Cited 450 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that judicial admissions "must be statements of fact that require evidentiary proof, not statements of legal theories"

  4. In re Cty. of Erie

    473 F.3d 413 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 372 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the privilege applies to "a communication between client and counsel that . . . was intended to be and was in fact kept confidential, and . . . was made for the purpose of obtaining or providing advice"

  5. Spectrum Sys. Int'l Corp. v. Chem. Bank

    78 N.Y.2d 371 (N.Y. 1991)   Cited 592 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the document at issue was exempt from discovery where "the narration relate[d] and integrate[d] the facts with the law firm's assessment of the client's legal position"

  6. Sandra T.E. v. S. Berwyn Sch. Dist. 100

    600 F.3d 612 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 258 times
    Holding that work product protection applies when documents "have been prepared...because of the prospect of litigation."

  7. United States v. BDO Seidman, LLP

    492 F.3d 806 (7th Cir. 2007)   Cited 219 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Finding that to establish the crime-fraud exception, the movant must "'present prima facie evidence that gives color to the charge by showing some foundation in fact.'"

  8. U.S. v. Schwimmer

    892 F.2d 237 (2d Cir. 1989)   Cited 335 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the attorney-client privilege extends to the circumstance where multiple clients share a common interest about a legal matter and that the communication was given in confidence and the client reasonably understood it to be confidential and explaining that the protection afforded by the joint-defense privilege "extends to communications made in confidence to an accountant assisting lawyers who are conducting a joint defense on behalf of the communicating clients"

  9. Nidec Corporation v. Victor Co. of Japan

    249 F.R.D. 575 (N.D. Cal. 2007)   Cited 134 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Granting motion to quash subpoena served on third party, explaining that "[t]here is simply no reason to burden nonparties when the documents sought are in possession of the party defendant"

  10. Waller v. Fin. Corp. of Am.

    828 F.2d 579 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 205 times
    Holding that a non-settling defendant generally lacks standing to object to a settlement unless he/she can show legal prejudice

  11. Section 251 - Merger or consolidation of domestic corporations [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 327,§8 and 80 Del. Laws, c. 265,§17]

    Del. Code tit. 8 § 251   Cited 197 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a vote by the majority of the outstanding stock