Chartwell Law Offices has been freed from a contempt order over a former client’s legal records, after a federal judge found the firm was willing to comply with records requests, and simply never received instruction on which materials were privileged.

In an order filed May 4, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said he found that Chartwell never intentionally withheld court records related to former client Paul Baxendale-Walker.