D.C. Panel Denies Mandamus Petition Concerning Crime-Fraud Exception

( August 18, 2026, 8:08 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saying that it did not “see an adequate basis for mandamus relief,” the District of Columbia Court of Appeals denied a petition that sought to keep Meta Platforms Inc. and Instagram LLC (together, Meta) from having to produce material that a lower court deemed “subject to the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege.”...