A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan has rejected a bid by Barnes & Noble’s former CEO to gain access to documents prepared by the company’s lawyers amid a sexual harassment investigation that led to his ouster.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein on Friday said that the documents, prepared by Barnes & Noble’s general counsel and outside attorneys, were meant to provide legal advice to the company and were thus protected by the attorney-client privilege.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]