An Illinois appellate court reversed a discovery order compelling the defendant law firm to produce privileged communications with its client in a defamation action under the crime-fraud exception.

Allegations of defamation and conspiracy to defame alone are insufficient to establish the crime-fraud exception and defeat the attorney-client privilege, the Illinois Appellate Court recently held.

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