On our side, we cannot help but think that the case might not be isolated and that such placements of documents is deliberate to make discovery difficult and to seek to shield documents by placing them in private homes.
C1 Ruling Against Tax Court The Supreme Court rebuked the United States Tax Court for its adoption of a "bold" and unauthorized procedure that shields documents from disclosure to people with cases before the court and to federal judges who review the tax court's work on appeal.
A federal magistrate judge fined Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) $1,000 on Friday for misrepresenting the content of documents he was photographed holding while meeting with President Donald Trump, but will allow Kobach to continue to shield the documents from the public.
The lawyers are loath to waive attorney-client privilege, which shields the documents from outsiders, until they have completed their review.
In addition, Ms. Gillibrand represented Davis Polk on a high-level Philip Morris committee whose work included shielding certain documents from disclosure, according to several lawyers and industry observers.
WASHINGTON — A long-simmering fight between Republican lawmakers and the Obama administration sharply escalated on Wednesday, as a Congressional panel recommended that the House of Representatives cite Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. for contempt and President Obama asserted executive privilege to shield Justice Department documents from disclosure.
The statements from Mr. Issa, the chairman of the House oversight committee, came after Mr. Boehner said last week that President Obama's decision to assert executive privilege to shield Justice Department documents related to the operation was "an admission that the White House officials were involved in decisions that misled the Congress and covered up the truth".
Sensing something was up, Skye bullied Simmons into helping her uncover more operational details about the Level 8 mission, even when she could be heisting the mysterious redacted SHIELD document that alluded to her parents.
"Although we believe very strongly in our right to keep confidential documents shielded by attorney-client privilege, we never intended our protected communications with a governmental regulatory agency and a private law firm to become a First Amendment issue," said Pom's lawyer in a statement.
He also questioned the governor's attempt to shield from disclosure documents that in some cases had already been provided to the attorney general, the district attorney or the public integrity commission.
