{"id":3559,"date":"2014-08-25T09:28:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2020-09-23T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T22:39:50","slug":"shareholders-corporation-holds-attorney-client-privilege-communications-shareholders-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/shareholders-corporation-holds-attorney-client-privilege-communications-shareholders-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Shareholders, not the Corporation, Holds Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications Between the Shareholders and Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">On August 7, 2014, the Western District of Pennsylvania\u2019s Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. entered an order preliminary denying plaintiff\u2019s motion to compel compliance with subpoena on counsel. In the case of <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Gary Miller Imports, Inc. v. Carter Dolittle, et al., <\/i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">plaintiff sought to compel the law firm of Macdonad Illig Jones &amp; Britton, LLP to produce eight documents they felt did not fall under attorney-client privilege. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/shareholders-corporation-holds-attorney-client-privilege-communications-shareholders-counsel\/#more-3559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 7, 2014, the Western District of Pennsylvania\u2019s Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. entered an order preliminary denying plaintiff\u2019s motion to compel compliance with subpoena on counsel. In the case of Gary Miller Imports, Inc. v. 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