Athletics Investment Group, LLC v. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ATHLETICS INVESTMENT GROUP, Case No. 21-cv-05246-MMC (DMR)

LLC,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON JOINT DISCOVERY LETTER RE: WAIVER OF THE v. ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE

SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Re: Dkt. No. 210 Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Athletics Investment Group, LLC (“AIG”) moves for an order finding that third party Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“BAAQMD”) waived any claim of privilege over 67 documents because of its untimely assertions of privilege and protection. [Docket Nos. 210, 212.] BAAQMD contends that its actions should not result in a waiver. As part of that argument, it explains that 34 of the 67 disputed documents are “partial (near) duplicates of documents” for which it previously asserted privilege. The court ordered BAAQMD to lodge those 34 documents for in camera review. [Docket Nos. 212, 218, 222.] …