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Fourth Circuit Holds That It Lacks Appellate Jurisdiction Under Perlman Doctrine to Review Criminal Defendant’s Interlocutory Appeal Concerning a Grand Jury Subpoena

In In re Grand Jury 2021 Subpoenas, No. 22-1654 (4th Cir. Nov. 22, 2023), the Fourth Circuit holds that because of Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, 558 U.S. 100 (2009) – which scaled back the collateral-order doctrine as applied to attorney-client privilege – it must reassess the continued viability of the Perlman doctrine (Perlman v.Continue reading “Fourth Circuit Holds That It Lacks Appellate Jurisdiction Under Perlman Doctrine to Review Criminal Defendant’s Interlocutory Appeal Concerning a Grand Jury Subpoena”