6th Circuit Rejects "Taint Team" For Privilege Screens On Grand Jury Subpoenas
Date: 07/27/06
On July, 13, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit addressed the issue of who has the right to conduct a privilege screen of documents subject to a grand jury subpoena directed to an entity that possesses the documents but has not yet produced them to the government. The court held that a third party’s interest in protecting its privilege in the documents outweighed the government interest in using a taint team. However, the court mandated the appointment of a Special Master to conduct the initial segregation of documents.CGRMemo-6th Circuit Rejects 'Taint Team' For Privilege Screens On Grand Jury Subpoenas.pdf (pdf | 39.19 KB )