IN RE TELEGLOBE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

Bankruptcy No. 02-11518 (MFW). Adversary No. A-04-53733(MFW).

392 B.R. 561 (2008)

In re TELEGLOBE COMMUNICATIONS CORP. et al., Debtors. Teleglobe USA, Inc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. BCE Inc. et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

August 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Albalah, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Rita D. Dumain, New York City Law Department, Michael Friedman, Richards Spears Klbbe & Orbe LLP, David M. Posner, Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, Stephen B. Selbst, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Eric D. Statman, Lovells, New York, NY, D. Scott Barash, Eric R. Markus, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Beatriz T. Saiz, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, Karen C. Bifferato, Charles J. Brown, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Stuart M. Brown, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, William J. Burnett, Blank Rome LLP, Noel C. Burnham, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, L. Jason Cornell, Fox Rothschild LLP, Victoria Watson Counihan, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Tobey M. Daluz, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Robert J. Dehney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, John D. Demmy, Esq., Joseph Grey, Joseph H. Huston, Jr., Stevens & Lee, P.C., Paul J. Dougherty III, William F. Taylor, Jr., McCarter & English, Stephen P. Doughty, Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, P.A., Brian Edward Farnan, Robert S. Goldman, John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Megan Nancy Harper, Landis Rath & Cobb, James E. Huggett, Margolis Edelstein, Carl N. Kunz, III, Morris James LLP, Gwendolyn M. Lacy, Jeffrey C. Wisler, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, Ricardo Palacio, Esq., Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Marc J. Phillips, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Laurie Selber Silverstein, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, William David Sullivan, William D. Sullivan, LLC, Thomas D. Walsh, Fox Rothschild LLP, Christopher A. Ward, Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, Duane David Werb, Werb & Sullivan, Thomas G. Whalen Jr., Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Linda Boyle, Time Warner Telecom, Inc., Littleton, CO, Tomie Burton, Treasurer-Tax Collector, Barbara R. Gross, Esq., Pyle Sims Duncan & Stevenson, APC, San Diego, CA, Daniel J. Carragher, Day Pitney LLP, Boston, MA, Leslie A. Cohen, Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif, Santa Monica, CA, Michaela Crocker, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Clifton R. Jessup, Jr., Greenberg Traurig, Glenn A. Portman, Bank One Center, Helen Elizabeth Weller, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, Dallas, TX, Robert L. Eisenbach, III, Gregg S. Kleiner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Christopher Todd Lenhart, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, San Francisco, CA, Michael S. Greger, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory, Irvine, CA, Beth-Ann E. Herschaft, Governmental Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Bonnie Maria Holcomb, Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey A. Kramer, Lowenstein Sandler, P.C., Roseland, NJ, Nancy F. Loftus, Office of the County Attorney, Fairfax, VA, Ronald J. Miller, Division of Employment Security, Jefferson City, MI, Mark Minuti, Saul Ewing LLP, Francis A. Monaco Jr., Monzack and Monaco, P.A., Thomas Paxton, Hughes & Luce LLP, Geraldine E. Ponto, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, et al., Newark, NJ, Rex D. Rainach, Baton Rouge, LA, Steven Rosenthal, ACI Billing Services, Inc., Northridge, CA, Dwight E. Steiner, Fraser Stryker Meusey Olson Boyer, Broomfield, CO, Robert D. Towey, Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ, John J. Winter, The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP, Norristown, PA, for Creditors.

Rebecca L. Booth, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Cynthia L. Collins, Mark D. Collins, Daniel J. DeFranceschi, Shannon Stacy Frazier, John Henry Knight, Michael Joseph Merchant, Mark E. Felger, Jeffrey R. Waxman, Cozen O'Connor, Shelley A. Kinsella, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Kimberly D. Newmarch, Marcos Alexis Ramos, Christopher M. Samis, Russell C. Silberglied, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Marc T. Foster, Rebecca Lee Scalio, for Debtors.

Robert D. Clark, Denver, CO, Charlene D. Davis, Bayard, P.A., Frederick B. Rosner, Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman, David B. Stratton, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE, David W. Dykhouse, Patterson, Belknap, Webb, & Taylor, David Neier, Winston & Strawn LLP, Anna C. Palazzolo, Dechert, Conor Desmond Reilly, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY, Thomas C. Herbertson, Kenneth W. Irwin, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Scott Andrew Shail, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, John R. Knapp, Jr., Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S., Seattle, WA, Nancy H. Pagliaro, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Bryn H. Sherman, Deckelbaum Ogens & Raftery, Bethesda, MD, Derrick M. Talerico, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Interested Party.


OPINION1

MARY F. WALRATH, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court is a discovery dispute where the Plaintiffs seek the production of documents which the Defendants assert are protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrine (the "Motion to Compel") and a related Motion of the Defendants to exclude testimony of the Plaintiffs' experts as a sanction for the spoliation of information considered...

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