Can you see any reason why such information should not be made available to the opposing attorney?
The reason attorney work product cannot be shared is that it contains discussions about the attorney's strategy and legal reasoning as he or she prepares the case. While evidence and information is objective, attorney work product is subjective and provides the key reasoning and logic, as well as attorney-client confidential information that should never be shared, with others. Providing this would give the other side every last thought and belief an attorney and his or her client have. While discovery provides clues about what a strategy may be and what an attorney may argue, attorney work product reveals far too much about everything a client and his or her attorney have been thinking about and look at. It goes beyond what discovery is meant to do and essentially helps the other side learn exactly how to defeat the opponent.
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