Insurer’s Communications With Counsel Are Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege

(June 17, 2019, 2:15 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — In denying an insured’s request to compel production in a directors and officers and corporate liability insurance coverage dispute, a New Jersey federal magistrate judge held June 12 that an insurer’s communications with its coverage counsel after March 20, 2017, are protected by the attorney-client privilege (Innovative Educational Programs, LLC v. Darwin National Assurance Company, No. 17-6886, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98579)....