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Wells Denies SCO's Motion for In Camera Review of Allegedly Privileged Documents - Updated |
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Friday, September 01 2006 @ 07:46 PM EDT
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This is a nice start of the week-end, Judge Brooke Wells' Order denying SCO's Motion for In Camera Review of Allegedly Privileged Documents (here's the memo in support [PDF]). This is the final paragraph, and it tells the story -- this judge can't be intimidated: Based on the foregoing, the court adopts the arguments set forth by IBM. The court finds that IBM has met its burden of establishing the applicability of the attorney-client privilege. And, the court further finds that the documents at issue are protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. Therefore, the documents are not discoverable and do not need to be provided to SCO. Poor SCO. All those exhibits for nothing gained. I'll have the rest for you as text shortly. Update: Here it is as text. Sorry it took so long. There are 48 footnotes in just 8 pages, which is the new style on the part of Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells, who knows that she is not only ruling on this motion in the immediate, she is preserving the record fully and very carefully in case of an appeal. Please note that in the PDF, there are links to cases on Westlaw. That is a paid service that most of you don't have, so there seems no point in putting that into the text version. But for those of you that do have Westlaw, you can access the cases the judge cites by clicking on the urls she provides throughout. UPDATE 2: The typo that had the judge "dully informed" instead of duly, has been corrected, as well as the typo "redoposing," with this document [PDF], #760, which replaces the original. The docket sheet reads like this on the point: "(Clerks Note: Supersedes document #[759] Order & Memorandum Decision)". I know. It was funnier before, but it's more accurate now. One thing is for sure, this case is never dull.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRCT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
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THE SCO GROUP, INC.
Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,
vs.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION,
Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff |
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM
DECISION RE ALLEGED PRIVILEGED
DOCUMENTS
Civil No. 2:03CV0294 DAK
Honorable Dale A. Kimball
Magistrate Judge Brooke C . Wells |
Before the court are the remaining issues pertaining to The SCO Group Inc.'s (SCO)
Motion for In Camera Review of Allegedly Privileged Documents.
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International Business
Machines Corporation (IBM) recalled from its production of documents three documents after
counsel for SCO had reviewed the documents and sought to use them during the course of
depositions.
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IBM argues that the documents are protected by the attorney-client privilege.
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Conversely, SCO argues that the documents are not privileged.
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Further, SCO "seeks leave to
use [these] documents to depose the individuals at whose depositions SCO was precluded from
asking the witness about the documents."5
SCO argues that it "should be permitted to obtain
IBM's testimony regarding the documents"6
because two documents concerning the Journaled
File System were allegedly claimed as privileged by IBM during a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition.7
On June 20, 2006 the court granted SCO's initial motion in part8
stating that it was
reviewing the documents at issue but declining to allow SCO's request for a contemporaneous
review of the documents.9
On this same date, SCO filed a reply memorandum arguing for the
disclosure of the declarations of Mark Walker and Sharon Dobbs that IBM submitted in support
of its argument that the documents are privileged. On June 22, the court entered an order
directing IBM to "provide SCO a copy of the declarations."10
SCO filed a supplemental reply
addressing the declarations on July 7.11
The court having considered the parties' arguments, relevant case law, being duly
informed and having reviewed in camera the documents at issue, enters the following.
IBM has the burden of establishing the applicability of the attorney-client privilege.12
"The privilege is governed by the common law and is to be strictly construed." 13
When a
corporate client is involved there are often special problems because, "`[a]s an inanimate entity, a
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corporation must act through agents.'"14 Finally, as noted by SCO, "'Clients and their attorneys
often assume, erroneously, that merely conveying something to an attorney will cloak the
underlying facts from disclosure. It will not.'"15 The mere fact of submitting a document to
counsel for legal input will not automatically entitle it to become a protected.16
IBM argues that "[a]s demonstrated by the documents themselves and the declarations"17
each of the three documents is protected by the attorney-client privilege for four reasons. First,
each document "was prepared at the request and under the direction of counsel for IBM."18
Second, each document was prepared for counsel's use in giving legal advice, or was to be
incorporated into counsel's legal advice and opinions.19 Third, the documents were "not used to
render business advice."20 And fourth, each of the documents "was kept confidential within
IBM."21
Mark Walker's declaration concerns documents 33-41 and 42-59. Allegedly, he
"directed the product legal liaisons . . . to create a document to define the process and procedures
to be followed by their departments to ensure the intellectual property integrity of the source
code."22 Mr. Walker states that both the documents "reflect and incorporate legal advice"23
given by him. The "purpose of the document[s were] neither related to the provision of business
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advice nor to the technological improvement of the product."24 Instead, they were designed to
ensure legal compliance. The documents were labeled "IBM Confidential."25 And, in both
documents is a prominent statement regarding the importance of proper licensing and
documentation to prevent lawsuits or code infringement.26
The declaration of Sharon Dobbs shares similar characteristics to those found in Mr.
Walker's declaration. Ms. Dobbs' declaration concerns document number 31-37, which is a
summary of the Joint Development Agreement (JDA) between IBM and The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. (Santa Cruz). Document 31-37 includes information on the issues surrounding
licenses, royalties, liabilities and termination conditions for the JDA.27 Ms. Dobbs states that the
document was requested by her to "facilitate my legal advice."28 It was not designed for
business advice, was solely for Ms. Dobbs' use, and was not distributed to other individuals
outside IBM.29
In response to these declarations SCO argues that "The declarations underscore the
relevance of the analysis in Adams v. Gateway, Inc.,30 in which the court distinguished between
material protected by the privilege and
'horizontal activity . . . which had significant purposes
independent of legal considerations.'"31 "The presence of the 'legal purpose' required to shield a
document from discovery 'is determined from inspection of the document.'"32 SCO continues,
arguing that "if the documents here have a primary purpose other than legal advice, such as
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providing lawyer oversight of a 'complex business challenge' or lawyer input to a normal
business document, then the privilege does not attach."33 According to SCO, the creation of the
Journaled File System (JFS) for the projects addressed in Mr. Walker's declaration is a business
purpose. And, Mr. Walker's activities fall under the categories of lawyer oversight or lawyer
input as opposed to legal advice.34
Next, in relation to Ms. Dobbs, SCO argues that Ms. Dobbs' declaration is full of
conclusory statements that allude to legal advice in only a general manner.35 SCO alleges these
"conclusory statements fail to satisfy IBM's burden of establishing that the privilege is
applicable with respect to the JDA summary."36
Documents 33-41 and 42-59
As noted by SCO in its pleadings, the court in Adams v. Gateway,37 drew a distinction
between materials that are protected by the attorney-client privilege and "horizontal activity . . .
which had significant purposes independent of legal considerations."38 Gateway argued that its
investigation into possible defects with its computers was concerned with possible litigation and
not the "real world issues important to Gateway retail sales, product reliability and consumer
satisfaction."39 The court rejected Gateway's argument and found that most of the withheld
documents were not privileged because notwithstanding the litigation possibilities, "Gateway's
self-interest as a retailer of computer products motivated its investigation."40 Thus, there was
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“simply too much horizontal activity in Gateway’s projects which had significant purposes
independent of legal considerations"41 for the documents to be protected.
Here, the court finds that although the JFS may have a business purpose -- maintaining
code so that IBM may develop its business -- the documents at issue concern the legal implications
of that business activity. It is not uncommon in the business world for a corporation to receive
legal advice about its business activities. If this type of advice could not be protected
corporations would be at a significant disadvantage in conforming to the law and class action
lawsuits would become more prevalent than snow on a mid winter's day in Utah. As long as the
primary purpose of such advice is a legal purpose, then such advice may be protected by the
attorney-client privilege.42
Based on a review of the documents, and the declaration of Mr. Walker, the court finds
the documents primary purpose is for legal advice. Accordingly, the court further finds they are
protected by the attorney-client privilege.
Finally, the court wishes to note that even if the court found the documents at issue to be
discoverable, SCO has failed to convince this court that they could use them in redeposing a witness, or use them in some future 30(b)(6) deposition. In its opposition, IBM argues that “The two documents concerning the Journaled File System were not, as SCO claims,
withdrawn during a 30(b)(6) deposition:
They were identified as privileged during the deposition of William Baker, a third party witness who was not at the time of his deposition nor currently an IBM employee.”43 There is no evidence before the court indicating they were
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withdrawn during a 30(b)(6) deposition as SCO claims. Thus, there would be no need to obtain
IBM's testimony regarding the documents.
Document 31-37
In Upjohn Co. v. United States,44 the Supreme Court noted "the privilege exists to protect
not only the giving of professional advice to those who can act on it but also the giving of
information to the lawyer to enable him to give sound and informed advice."45 The court finds
that document 31-37 fits within this category. It is a document prepared at the direction of an
attorney to enable the attorney to give "sound and informed advice."46 The document is replete
with information that would help Ms. Dobbs give IBM advice about the implications of the JDA
between IBM and Santa Cruz. It is distinguishable from the documents ordered discoverable in
Adams v. Gateway,47 because it does not have "significant purposes independent of legal
considerations."48
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Based on the foregoing, the court adopts the arguments set forth by IBM. The court finds
that IBM has met its burden of establishing the applicability of the attorney-client privilege.
And, the court further finds that the documents at issue are protected from disclosure by the
attorney-client privilege. Therefore, the documents are not discoverable and do not need to be
provided to SCO.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 1st day of September, 2006.
__[signature]___
Brooke C. Wells
United States Magistrate Judge
1
Docket no. 678.
2
See Mem. in Supp. p. 2. The court refers to these documents by the last four digits of their bates
number, 33-41, 42-59, and 31-37.
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See op. p. 2.
4
See Mem. in Supp. p. 8-9.
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Id. p. 10.
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Id.
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Both parties make allegations concerning problems with the production of the opposing parties'
privilege logs. This issue is not before the court. The court, however, encourages both parties to use their
best efforts in timely providing complete and accurate privilege logs.
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Docket no. 711.
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See U.S. v. Hall, 854 F.2d 1036, 1034 (7th Cir. 1988) (explaining the procedure for an in camera review
of documents). Although there may be variations in method, the court is unaware of a practice that allows
the opposing party to view the contested documents at the same time a court is conducting its review.
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Order dated June 22, 2006 p. 1.
11
Docket no. 720.
12
See In re Grand Jury Subpoenas, 144 F.3d 653, 658 (10th Cir. 1998).
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Id.
14
Id. (quoting Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Weintraub, 471 U.S. 343, 348, 105 S.Ct. 1986
(1985)(alterations in original)).
15
Renner v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 2005 WL 1356192 *5 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 2001) (quoting Edna Selan
Epstein, The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Doctrine, 48 (4th ed. 2001)).
16
See Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 200 F.R.D. 661, 670 (D. Kan. 2001); accord Adams v.
Gateway, Inc., 2003 WL 23787856 *11 (D. Utah 2003).
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Op. p. 3.
18
Id.
19
See id.
20
Id.
21
Id.
22
Decl. Mark Walker p. 2.
23
Decl. Mark Walker p. 3.
24
Id., p. 4.
25
Id.
26
See id., p.4.
27
See Decl. Sharon Dobbs p. 2.
28
Id.
29
See id., p. 4.
30
2006 WL 23787856 (D. Utah 2003).
31
Supp. Reply p. 2 (quoting Adams, 2006 WL 23787856 at *11).
32
Id. (quoting Adams, 2006 WL 23787856 at *11).
33
Id.
34
See id., p. 3.
35
See id.
36
Id.
37
2001 WL 23787856.
38
Id., 2006 WL 23787856 at *11.
39
Id 2006 WL 23787856 at 4.
40
Id.
41 Id. 2006 WL 23787856 at *11.
42 See id.
43 Op. p. 3 fn. 5.
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449 U.S. 383, 101 S.Ct. 677 (1981).
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Id. 449 U.S. at 390; see also Natta v. Hogan, 392 F.2d 686, 692-93 (10th Cir. 1968) ("The recognition
that privilege extends to statements of a lawyer to a client is necessary to prevent the use of the lawyer's
statements as admissions of the client").
46
Id.
47
2006 WL 23787856.
48
Id. 2006 WL 23787856 at *11; see also Sprague v. Thorn Americas, Inc., 129 F.3d 1355, 1370 (10th
Cir. 1997) (concluding that a memorandum was protected by the attorney-client privilege).
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 07:57 PM EDT |
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Authored by: ankylosaurus on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 07:57 PM EDT |
Not that there's much room for needing corrections...and Judge Wells pretty much
got it right, too.
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Authored by: ankylosaurus on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 07:59 PM EDT |
Please remember to make clickable links - and HTML posting.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 08:06 PM EDT |
"class action law suits would become more common than snow on a mid winters
day in Utah"
hehe. A sense of humour too. I fear her sharp wit may well be pointed at SCO a
bit mroe during this case. And no, I dont think they will enjoy it as much as we
will.
Oh well, there you go, another one bites the dust ... what a pity this only
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Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 08:09 PM EDT |
9 See U.S. v. Hall, 854 F.2d 1036, 1034 (7th Cir. 1988) (explaining the
procedure for an in camera review of documents). Although there may be
variations in method, the court is unaware of a practice that allows the
opposing party to view the contested documents at the same time a court is
conducting its review.
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"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
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Authored by: ankylosaurus on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 08:26 PM EDT |
This file (IBM-759.pdf) is interesting because it has footnotes containing
active URL's identifying where the cases referenced could be found (usually on
Westlaw). Will the conversion to text/HTML preserve that useful
information?
I took a look back at other court documents and couldn't find
many examples where this occurred previously. For example, IBM-718.pdf has some
URLs in the footnotes, but they are not active links, unlike those in
IBM-759.pdf. OTOH, IBM-747.pdf, the "Order and Memorandum Decision Re Otis
Wilson Deposition" does have similar links - but the transcription at
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060821220915636 does not have
them.
The court is improving its use of technology -- and good for them!
Groklaw needs to keep up with them.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 08:47 PM EDT |
I can't seem to wipe the smile of my face as I enjoy the thought of "SCO's
motion is denied."
Over and over and over...
:) :) :)[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 08:48 PM EDT |
I love this from page 2 of the PDF:
"The court having considered the parties'
arguments, relevant case law, being dully informed and having
..."
(emphasis added; typo in original)
I know, I know, it's a typo, but if I
were the judge I'd be getting pretty tired of all this by now, so it's fun to
consider the possibility of it having been rendered that way on purpose. [ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: tredman on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 09:37 PM EDT |
Did anybody start the stopwatch to determine if SCOX can beat its best time in
filing a whine...er...appeal with Judge Kimball?
I have this mental image of Judge Kimball burying his head in his hands and
muttering, "not again".
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 10:10 PM EDT |
Why would SCO care about some obscure IBM legal summaries of agreements and
responsibilities?
Why would SCO want these documents?
I believe Wells pointed us at the most likely answer:
Foornote 45: 45 Id. 449 U.S. at 390; see also Natta v. Hogan, 392 F.2d 686,
692-93 (10th Cir. 1968) ("The recognition that privilege extends to
statements of a lawyer to a client is necessary to prevent the use of the
lawyer's statements as admissions of the client").
Quatermass
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Authored by: thorpie on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 10:37 PM EDT |
I love the part
“The two documents concerning the Journaled File System were not, as SCO claims,
withdrawn during a 30(b)(6) deposition: They were identified as privileged
during the deposition of William Baker, a third party witness who was not at the
time of his deposition nor currently an IBM employee.”43 There is no evidence
before the court indicating they were withdrawn during a 30(b)(6) deposition as
SCO claims."
It seems to be very pointedly saying to SCO that Magistrate Wells is aware of
their FUD and downright lies, she has picked it up and will be checking
everything they submit with a fine tooth comb.
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Authored by: kurtwall on Friday, September 01 2006 @ 10:44 PM EDT |
Magistrate Wells well understands with whom she's dealing. Legalities aside,
she's got wit: If this type of advice could not be protected
corporations would be at a significant disadvantage in conforming to the law and
class action lawsuits would become more prevalent than snow on a mid winter's
day in Utah.
And she's got an arid but piercing style of
reproach: ...the court is unaware of a practice that allows the
opposing party to view the contested documents at the same time a court is
conducting its review. I'll give SCO a point for having the
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 12:25 AM EDT |
That will certainly be "in Camera". I can't wait to see this turned
into a documentary a la "The Smartest Guys in the Room". I personally
see little difference between the actions of tSCOg and Enron. The anticipation
is "Skilling" me. :)
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 01:00 AM EDT |
My local law library makes Westlaw available to the public, but you have to pay
for it. I don't know what the rate is for such a piecemeal usage.
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Authored by: The Mad Hatter r on Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 11:18 AM EDT |
While the Judge's ruling was a fascinating read, this is only one "brick in
the wall", so we shouldn't get too excited yet. However, enough bricks can
build a pyamid, and the bricks are starting to pile up for IBM's use.
Actaully, rather than a Pyramid, maybe IBM is going to wall TSCOG up with a cask
of Amontilado...
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Authored by: bstone on Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 05:36 PM EDT |
Did SCO ever present their priviledge log? I recall they were delaying in
presenting it, and don't recall ever hearing that they completed it.
Thanks
to Groklaw, I'm beginning to understand lawyer-client priviledge a whole lot
better now, and another question comes to mind. As I recall, Boies stated that
BSF's relationship with SCO was "more of a partnership" and, at least initially,
BSF was participating in the "profits". Would that kind of a relatonship
bewteen BSF and SCO make it easier for IBM to get discovery on documents between
SCO and BSF? If so, I would expect we would find out a whole lot more to settle
the issue of whether SCO was just stupid, or attempting to run a shakedown scam
when filing the lawsuit initially, and it might help to open up another source
of money for any damages awarded to IBM. It seems to me that BSF emphasizing to
the judge that communications with a lawyer for "business purposes" was not
protectable might not have been in their best interests.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 06:33 PM EDT |
I wonder if Westlaw would be interested in making a special offer on SCO v IBM.
This case provides a marvelous opportuinty to see what Westlaw provides to a
large audience. And it might not cost much since most customers in this case may
already have paid up. Or in the alternative Westlaw might be inclined to offer
Groklaw permissions for reprinting.
Of course I could see where they might have reservations too. They don't want
to upset paying customers, encourage some sort of open software competition, or
waste a lot of tech support resources on a crowd of gawkers.
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