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The NAM filed an amicus brief supporting Shell in an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The case concerned a district court’s authority to order the New York-based law firm representing Shell to turn over documents produced under a confidentiality order in prior litigation for use in a Dutch court suit against Shell. The NAM’s brief drew the court’s attention to the serious consequences such discovery could have for attorney-client communications and to litigants’ confidence in confidentiality stipulations. The Second Circuit reversed the district court's order requiring production of the documents.