context: Because this Court held that a defamation claim will not lie against the media defendants, a fortiori that same claim could not lie against the attorneys who advised them. Even if we ignore this court's June 8, 2000 opinion in cause number 14-99-00026-CV, there is simply no basis in law for a suit against the attorneys representing the media defendants for their pre-publication discussions of the allegedly defamatory news reports.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: holding communications between corporate counsel and corporation's employees made for the purpose of rendering legal advice protected by attorney-client privilege
citation_a.sentence: See Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383, 101 S.Ct. 677, 66 L.Ed.2d 584 (1981) (holding communications between corporate counsel and corporation’s employees made for the purpose of rendering legal advice protected by attorney-client privilege); see also Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., 838 F.2d 1287, 1302 (D.C.Circ.1988) (holding pre-publication discussions between libel counsel and reporters as fitting “squarely within the scope of the privilege as defined in Upjohn ”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 838 F.2d 1287, 1302
citation_b.parenthetical: holding pre-publication discussions between libel counsel and reporters as fitting "squarely within the scope of the privilege as defined in Upjohn "
citation_b.sentence: See Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383, 101 S.Ct. 677, 66 L.Ed.2d 584 (1981) (holding communications between corporate counsel and corporation’s employees made for the purpose of rendering legal advice protected by attorney-client privilege); see also Liberty Lobby, Inc. v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., 838 F.2d 1287, 1302 (D.C.Circ.1988) (holding pre-publication discussions between libel counsel and reporters as fitting “squarely within the scope of the privilege as defined in Upjohn ”).