Opinion ID: 6356993
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Scheduling Emails

Text: [¶ 24] OAG argues that the work product privilege also applies to a series of emails that involved planning for a strategy meeting held on December 4, 2015, and that the court erred by concluding otherwise. We agree. [¶ 25] The court found that the emails were not work product because they merely contain correspondence ... about the scheduling of a meeting. The emails, however, were written and circulated to schedule a meeting that was to be held because of the prospect of litigation reasonably anticipated by the agencies and their attorneys. The emails reveal the purpose of the meeting and the efforts made to accommodate the schedules of people who were to attend the meeting, which by itself points to the nature of issues and strategies that likely would be considered. Additionally, several of the emails explicitly discuss DACF's investigative and legal options. Therefore, the scheduling emails are privileged as work product. Springfield Terminal , 2000 ME 126 , ¶ 17, 754 A.2d 353 . We accordingly vacate the judgment as to these emails and remand for entry of judgment that the emails are work product and not subject to disclosure pursuant to FOAA.