GOTTWALD v. GERAGOS

162075/14. Appeal No. 15875. Case No. 2021-04067.

205 A.D.3d 417 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 84

2022 NY Slip Op 02949

Lukasz Gottwald, Professionally Known as Dr. Luke, Respondent, v. Mark Geragos et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York ( Ellyde R. Thompson of counsel), for Mark Geragos, appellant.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York ( Jura Zibas of counsel) and Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa, FL ( Gregg D. Thomas of the bar of the State of Florida and James J. McGuire of the bar of the State of Florida, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Geragos & Geragos, appellant.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York ( Christine Lepera of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Gesmer, Moulton, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.


The motion court, following an in camera review, providently exercised its discretion in directing various communications to be produced by defendants to Gottwald. Defendants' internal correspondence concerning the Tweet at the heart of this litigation are not materials uniquely the product of a lawyer's learning and professional skills, such as those reflecting an attorney's legal research, analysis, conclusions, legal theory, or strategy, and are thus not privileged (

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