In re Qwest Communications Int'l. Sec. Litigation, No. 06-1070 (10th Cir. June 19, 2006)
June 22, 2006
On June 19, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided In re Qwest Communications Int’l Securities Litigation, holding that Qwest waived its attorney-client privilege and nonopinion work-product protection by voluntarily producing documents to the SEC and DOJ in connection with those agencies’ investigations, notwithstanding a "loose" confidentiality agreement. Accordingly, private plaintiffs were entitled to receive the documents produced to the SEC and DOJ.CGRMemo_In re Qwest Communications Int'l. Sec. Litigation No. 06-1070
