Barnes & Noble Inc. store in Manhattan. Photo Credit: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
The U.S. magistrate judge did, however, order the bookstore chain to turn over a trove of other documents that he said were unrelated to potential litigation.
October 04, 2019 at 05:19 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan has rejected a bid by Barnes & Noble’s former CEO to gain access to documents prepared by the company’s lawyers amid a sexual harassment investigation that led to his ouster.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein on Friday said that the documents, prepared by Barnes & Noble’s general counsel and outside attorneys, were meant to provide legal advice to the company and were thus protected by the attorney-client privilege.
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