Privilege & work product

Carlyle Investment Mgmt. v. Moonmouth Co.

Delaware Court of Chancery · US (DE) · 2015 · Decided

Citation/Docket: 2015 WL 778846 (Del. Ch. Feb. 24, 2015)

Parties & Funders

Posture: Discovery dispute over funding documents
Funder(s) involved: (Third-party funder of investor claims)

Background

Dispute over production of litigation funding agreement and related documents.

Holding & Outcome

Chancery held funding documents protected work product, prepared because of litigation.

Practical Lesson

Delaware extends work-product protection to funding deal documents; papering deals 'because of' litigation matters to the analysis.

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