Is there a valid defense to disclosure that the same information was revealed to the grand jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., Dell Inc. v. Toshiba Samsung Storage Tech. Corp., No. 14-17502 (9th Cir. 2015):
Comm'n v. Dresser Indus., Inc., 628 F.2d 1368, 1382 (D.C. Cir. 1980) ("[W]hen testimony or data is sought for its own sake for its intrinsic value in furtherance of a lawful investigation rather than to learn what took place before the grand jury, it is not a valid defense to disclosure that the same information was revealed to a grand jury.").
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