(January 16, 2018, 2:48 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Because a Washington state tech firm and a former employee entered into a joint litigation and confidentiality agreement prior to an internal interview about claimed computer fraud against the employee’s previous employer, an Oregon federal magistrate judge on Dec. 21 found that the tech firm was barred from proffering the interview to support its defense under the joint-defense privilege (Columbia Sportswear Co. v. 3MD Inc., et al., No. 3:17-cv-00342, D. Ore., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210777)....