Purple Mountain Trust v. Wells Fargo & Company
- James Donato
- 3:18-cv-03948
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Purple Mountain Trust v. Wells Fargo & Company, Judge Donato granted the motion to seal materials discussing potentially protected attorney-client communications.
Purple Mountain Trust and the defendants, because the court granted the request to keep the identified response and exhibits from public access.
What happened
Purple Mountain Trust asked the court to seal its response to the defendants’ privilege log and the exhibits attached to that response.
The materials contained excerpts from and details about communications between attorneys and their clients that might be protected by attorney-client privilege.
In Purple Mountain Trust v. Wells Fargo & Company, Judge James Donato granted the motion to seal after finding good cause, and ordered that the materials be sealed.
The detailed version
- Purple Mountain Trust v. Wells Fargo & Company · No. 3:18-cv-03948
- James Donato
- June 4, 2021
Motion and materials
Purple Mountain Trust moved to seal its response to the defendants’ privilege log and the accompanying exhibits. The materials concerned claims of attorney-client privilege and included excerpts from, and details about, attorney-client communications that could be privileged.
Court’s ruling
The court found good cause to seal the materials and granted Purple Mountain Trust’s motion. The order addressed sealing only and did not decide the underlying claims or the privilege issues. The order was entered by Judge James Donato on June 4, 2021.
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