Pollution Liability Insurer Cannot Withhold Documents Prepared In Insured’s Defense

(June 12, 2023, 10:47 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A pollution liability insurer cannot assert attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine as a basis to withhold documents prepared while still involved in the defense of an underlying suit filed against its insured, a New Jersey federal magistrate judge said in partially granting the insured’s motion to compel....