( August 11, 2025, 11:16 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Investigatory documents from law firms retained by an electric utility company suspected of wrongdoing in a securities bribery scandal are protected by the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found, deeming the company likely to succeed on a petition for mandamus related to an order to compel and granting the company’s motion to stay discovery pending the petition’s resolution....