A Manhattan bankruptcy judge has rebuffed Enron Broadband Services' efforts to exclude from a bond dispute executives' testimony about their communications with in-house counsel. Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez said the communications at issue are not protected by the attorney-client privilege because the crime-fraud exception applies. He held that insurer Travelers had established a "reasonable basis" to suspect the perpetration of a fraud.
August 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Enron Broadband Services’ efforts to exclude testimony by executives about their communications with in-house counsel from a bond dispute have been rebuffed by a Manhattan bankruptcy judge.
Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez, in In re: Enron Corp. (Enron Broadband Services LP v. Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. of America), 01-16034, held that “the communications at issue are not protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege because the crime-fraud exception applies.”
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