Common use of Joint Privilege Clause in Contracts

Joint Privilege. Scripps and Newco acknowledge and agree that the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product and expectation of client confidence involving general business matters arising prior to the Newspaper Merger Effective Time for the benefit of both the Scripps Newspaper Business or the Journal Newspaper Business, on the one hand, and the Scripps Broadcast Business or the Journal Broadcast Business, on the other hand, shall, from and after the Newspaper Merger Effective Time, be subject to a joint privilege between Scripps and its Subsidiaries (which include Journal and its Subsidiaries after the Broadcast Merger Effective Time), on the one hand, and Newco and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, and Scripps and Newco and their respective Subsidiaries shall have equal right to assert all such joint privilege and protection and no such joint privilege may be waived by (a) Scripps or any of its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of Newco or (b) Newco or any of its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of Scripps (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Master Transaction Agreement (Scripps E W Co /De), Master Transaction Agreement (Journal Communications Inc)