Litigation hold letters sent to a defendant company’s business associates are protected by judicial privilege from that company’s claims of defamation and tortious interference, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
Hedge fund Purplefish LLC cannot be sued for sending litigation hold letters outlining its claims against International Portfolio to the latter company’s clients, the court said in a memorandum opinion in International Portfolio v. Purplefish.
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