Privilege Logs
In the event that a party withholds
otherwise discoverable information on the ground of privilege, the
withholding party generally must provide a log of the documents withheld
on the ground of privilege. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5) and Advisory Committee Comments to the 1993 amendments.
The privilege log must be detailed enough to enable other parties to
assess the applicability of the privilege asserted and should include:
(1) the name and capacity of each individual from whom or to whom a
document and any attachments were sent (including which persons are
lawyers); (2) the date of the document and any attachments; (3) the type
of document; (4) the Bates numbers of the documents; (5) the nature of
the privilege asserted; (6) a description of the subject matter in
sufficient detail to determine if legal advice was sought or revealed,
or if the document constitutes attorney work product. See Allendale Mutual Ins. Co. v. Bull Data Systems Inc., 145 F.R.D. 84, 88 (N.D. Ill. 1992).
The Court reminds the parties that the meet and confer requirements of Local Rule 37.2 apply to privilege disputes.
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