8 Cited authorities

  1. McCook Metals L.L.C. v. Alcoa Inc.

    192 F.R.D. 242 (N.D. Ill. 2000)   Cited 81 times
    Holding that drafts of patent applications, technical information in memoranda, and invention control sheets implicitly contained the request or provision of legal advice and are thus privileged
  2. Wilstein v. San Tropai Condominium Master Ass'n

    189 F.R.D. 371 (N.D. Ill. 1999)   Cited 37 times
    Finding that the attorney-client privilege applied to "litigation strategy or confidential information communicated between the board and its attorney" and to "conversations among the board members discussing their attorney's legal advice about potential litigation risk and legal strategy"
  3. Carte Blanche (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. v. Diners Club Intern., Inc.

    130 F.R.D. 28 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)   Cited 35 times
    Finding communications between a party and its agent privileged based on "the existence of an agency relationship"
  4. Stafford Trading, Inc. v. Lovely

    No.: 05-C-4868 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 22, 2007)   Cited 12 times
    Holding that under the functional equivalent analysis, an investment banking firm, although it served many clients, was the functional equivalent of an employee of the corporate client and that its communications with corporate counsel made for seeking or providing legal advice and treated as confidential qualified for the attorney-client privilege
  5. Johnson v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.

    99 Civ. 9161 (WHP)(THK) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 9, 2001)   Cited 4 times   1 Legal Analyses

    99 Civ. 9161 (WHP)(THK) August 9, 2001 Jacob Shisha, Esq., Tabak Mellusi, for Plaintiff. James H. Power, Esq., Haight Gardner Holland Knight, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER THEODORE H. KATZ, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE. This is a Jones Act action by a seaman, Daniel L. Johnson, who claims that he was injured while employed by defendant, Sea-Land Service, Inc. ("Sea-Land"). The case has been scheduled for trial before the Hon. William H. Pauley, III, U.S.D.J., and there is one outstanding

  6. Rule 30 - Depositions by Oral Examination

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 30   Cited 16,547 times   131 Legal Analyses
    Upholding a district court's decision not to consider the plaintiff's deposition errata sheets in opposition to a motion for summary judgment when they were untimely
  7. Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 7   Cited 7,742 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Defining "pleadings" for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  8. Section 1127 - Construction and definitions; intent of chapter

    15 U.S.C. § 1127   Cited 2,986 times   97 Legal Analyses
    Granting standing under § 1114 to the legal representative of the registrant of a trademark