Government Asks High Court To Deny Certiorari Petition Questioning Filter Team Use

Mealey's (July 25, 2022, 10:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of petitioners, who are the subjects of a federal criminal investigation, failed to establish that the use of walled-off filter teams to review and segregate seized information violates the attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine, the U.S. government argues in a July 21 brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny their petition for certiorari because the filter team protocol at issue does not conflict with any appellate ruling....