Recently, a federal district court denied a motion for a protective order to prevent the disclosure of litigation hold notices because it concluded that the defendants did not intend for the notices to be kept confidential as attorney-client communications, and the notices did not constitute attorney work product to otherwise prevent their disclosure.[1] <http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/31925/take-another-look-your-legal-hold-notice-discoverable?utm_source=mccreview+Upload+20150106&utm_campaign=1e4d099153-MCC_Review_04_08_20154_7_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4624ea9f3a-1e4d099153-236322141#_edn1> Although this decision appears to be an outlier, it serves as a reminder about how to draft and disseminate legal hold notices[2] <http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/31925/take-another-look-your-legal-hold-notice-discoverable?utm_source=mccreview+Upload+20150106&utm_campaign=1e4d099153-MCC_Review_04_08_20154_7_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4624ea9f3a-1e4d099153-236322141#_edn2> so that both the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine apply, therefore preventing the disclosure of the notices. http://bit.ly/1I7PdbE http://bit.ly/1I7PdbE+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]