A defendant who allegedly changed the terms of an acquisition agreement because he thought it would create a tax liability of "half-a-billion dollars" cannot simultaneously invoke attorney-client privilege to prevent disclosing why he believed the original agreement would result in such a hefty tax bill, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled.
Vice Chancellor John W. Noble issued the letter decision last week inGrunstein v. Silva .
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