Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan’s communications with members of Penn State University and its lawyers during the firm’s investigation of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal are not privileged, a Centre County trial judge has ruled in the suit brought by the family of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno against the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
In an Aug. 12 opinion and order, Centre County Common Pleas Judge John B. Leete said that while the Special Investigative Task Force established by Penn State’s board of trustees was a client of Freeh Sporkin, the university itself was not.
