TK Holdings, Incorporated v. CTS Corporation et al

Filing 92

ORDER re 89 MOTION for Order on TK Holdings' Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege filed by CTS Automotive Products, CTS Corporation, 90 MOTION for In Camera Review filed by CTS Automotive Products, CTS Corporation. Signed by District Judge Avern Cohn. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A) (JOwe)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TK HOLDINGS, INC.,
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
Case No. 08-14266
-vsHon: AVERN COHN
CTS CORP., et al.,
CTS CASE
Defendants/Counter-Plaintiff.
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ORDER
This is a patent case. Discovery is ongoing. Before the Court are the following
motions: CTS’s Motion for Order on TK’s Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege (Doc. 89);
CTS’s Motion for an In Camera Review of Document (Doc. 90).
On July 13, 2011, the Court held a phone conference with the parties regarding
the motions prior to TK filing a formal response. Based upon the discussion during the
conference, the Court is satisfied that the allegedly privileged sixty-two (62) documents
at issue must be either returned or destroyed in accordance with paragraph 19 of the
Protective Order (Doc. 80).1 See Exhibit A attached.
Other matters discussed during the conference abide the filing of appropriate
motions.

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines “inadvertent” in part as follows: “Not
properly attentive or observant; inattentive, negligent; heedless.” See
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/93041?redirectedFrom=inadvertent#eid (last visited July
13, 2011).

This order renders the motions referenced in the first paragraph MOOT.
Any objections to this order must be filed within five (5) days.
SO ORDERED.
______________________________
S/Avern Cohn
AVERN COHN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: July 18, 2011

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to the attorneys of
record on this date, July 18, 2011, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

S/Julie Owens
Case Manager, [phone]

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