SPECIAL FOCUS: IS IT STILL PRIVILEGED?
We previously reported on the decision in Progressive Casualty Ins. Co. v. FDIC, where the federal district court rejected claims of privilege, work product, and the common interest doctrine to certain information disclosed by an insurer to its reinsurers and broker. In a Special Focus article titled “IS IT STILL PRIVILEGED? AN INSURER’S DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO ITS REINSURERS AND BROKERS WAIVES PRIVILEGE … SOMETIMES,” Renee Schimkat discusses Progressive Casualty (including another more recent order in that case) and other decisions where courts have considered whether the disclosure of information between these three parties waives applicable privileges.
This post written by Renee Schimkat.
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