NEWSPRING MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P. v. HAYES

Civil Action No. 14-1706.

NEWSPRING MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P., Plaintiff, v. HAYES, JR. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NEWSPRING MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P., Plaintiff, represented by PAUL K. LEARY, JR. , COZEN & O'CONNOR, FRED WARREN JACOBY , COZEN O'CONNOR & MATTHEW BLEICH , COZEN O'CONNOR.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Defendant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, III, Defendant, represented by OLIVER D. GRIFFIN , KUTAK ROCK LLP, JULIE B. NEGOVAN , KUTAK ROCK LLP & PETER NATHAN KESSLER , Kutak Rock LLP.

JARROD TYSON HAYES, Defendant, represented by OLIVER D. GRIFFIN , KUTAK ROCK LLP, JULIE B. NEGOVAN , KUTAK ROCK LLP & PETER NATHAN KESSLER , Kutak Rock LLP.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Defendant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

UTILIPATH, LLC., Defendant, represented by MATTHEW V. DELDUCA , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, ANGELO A. STIO, III , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, ELI M. SEGAL , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP & JAMES H.S. LEVINE , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP.

NEWSPRING CAPITAL, LLC, Respondent, represented by PAUL K. LEARY, JR. , COZEN & O'CONNOR.

NEWSPRING CAPITAL, INC., Respondent, represented by PAUL K. LEARY, JR. , COZEN & O'CONNOR.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Cross Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Cross Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

UTILIPATH, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by JAMES H.S. LEVINE , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Counter Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Counter Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

NEWSPRING MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P., Counter Defendant, represented by PAUL K. LEARY, JR. , COZEN & O'CONNOR, FRED WARREN JACOBY , COZEN O'CONNOR & MATTHEW BLEICH , COZEN O'CONNOR.

UTILIPATH, LLC., Cross Claimant, represented by MATTHEW V. DELDUCA , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, ANGELO A. STIO, III , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP & JAMES H.S. LEVINE , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Cross Defendant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, III, Cross Defendant, represented by OLIVER D. GRIFFIN , KUTAK ROCK LLP, JULIE B. NEGOVAN , KUTAK ROCK LLP & PETER NATHAN KESSLER , Kutak Rock LLP.

JARROD TYSON HAYES, Cross Defendant, represented by OLIVER D. GRIFFIN , KUTAK ROCK LLP, JULIE B. NEGOVAN , KUTAK ROCK LLP & PETER NATHAN KESSLER , Kutak Rock LLP.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Cross Defendant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Counter Claimant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Counter Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

NEWSPRING MEZZANINE CAPITAL II, L.P., Counter Defendant, represented by PAUL K. LEARY, JR. , COZEN & O'CONNOR, FRED WARREN JACOBY , COZEN O'CONNOR & MATTHEW BLEICH , COZEN O'CONNOR.

BAXTER MCLINDON HAYES, JR., Cross Claimant, represented by GREGORY H. MATHEWS , Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC & EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

UTILIPATH HOLDINGS, INC., Cross Claimant, represented by EDWARD T. KANG , KANG HAGGERTY & FETBROYT LLC.

UTILIPATH, LLC., Cross Defendant, represented by MATTHEW V. DELDUCA , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, ANGELO A. STIO, III , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP & JAMES H.S. LEVINE , PEPPER HAMILTON LLP.


MEMORANDUM

GERALD AUSTIN McHUGH, District Judge.

Defendants and cross-claimants in this case have asked me to resolve a discovery dispute relating to control of the attorney-client privilege over communications with the law firm Wishart Norris. Wishart Norris was engaged for the specific purpose of executing the complex corporate transaction that is the chewy center of this litigation. From the record before me, it appears that Wishart Norris had no previous...

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