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The Parties intend that this Agreement and the exchange of information contemplated hereby shall be fully protected under the common interest doctrine and that no waiver of any applicable privilege or protection shall result from such exchange

For the avoidance of doubt, Common Interest Materials include materials that were privileged or protected prior to being shared among the Parties, and the sharing of such materials under this Agreement shall not alter or diminish their privileged or protected status

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create an attorney-client relationship between any Party and the Counsel of another Party

No Party shall have the right to direct, control, or otherwise influence the professional judgment or conduct of another Party's Counsel

Such authorization extends to the sharing of materials that are protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, and any other applicable privilege or protection, and is given in reliance on the common interest doctrine and the mutual understanding that such sharing shall not constitute a waiver of any such privilege or protection

The sharing of Common Interest Materials is voluntary; no Party is obligated to share any particular item or category of Privileged Information or other Common Interest Materials, and the decision whether to share any particular material shall be made by the Producing Party and its Counsel in their sole discretion, in the exercise of their independent professional judgment