United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff-employee's motions to quash a grand jury subpoena for documents related to an internal investion by AOL Time Warner is affirmed where AOL expressly waived its attorney-client privilege to the documents, which it held alone.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/17/2005
• Decided 07/18/2005
• Published 07/18/2005

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and SAMUEL G. WILSON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Alison Courtney Barnes, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  William H. Crispin, Crispin & Associates, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.;  Henry Winchester Asbill, Cozen O'Connor, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Charles Francis Connolly, Assistant United States Attorney, Office Of The United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Lauren A. Greenberg, Crispin & Associates, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.;  Lawrence S. Robbins, Gary A. Orseck, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  William B. Moffitt, L. Barrett Boss, Cozen O'Connor, Washington, D.C.;  Paul Hugel, Charles Clayman, Clayman & Rosenberg, New York, New York, for Appellant.  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Dana J. Boente, Assistant United States Attorney, Adam A. Reeves, Trial Attorney, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.