United States v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1997-11-25

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BOUDIN, Circuit Judge. This case concerns an attempt by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to assert the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in response to a document request by the Internal Revenue Service. The most important issue presented is whether MIT’s disclosure of certain of the documents to another government agency caused it to lose the privilege. The background facts are essentially undispu…

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