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Tag: Attorney Client Privilege

$3MM Judgment Reversed for Improper Questioning into Privileged Matter, and Failing to Give Mandatory Jury Instruction Under Evid. Code, § 913

If you question witnesses at trial close to the line of privileged communications, be sure the judge gives the mandatory instruction, if your adversary asks for it, against drawing improper […]

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The Moment When You Learn Your Client's Confidential Communications Are Not Covered by the Common-Interest Doctrine

Do not take the common-interest privilege for granted if you represent a client in multiple-party litigation. In Finjan, Inc. v. SonicWall, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-04467-BLF (VKD), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128725, […]

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