Jun. 8, 2016
Unclear how CPRA decision will play out
The California Supreme Court recently held that an inadvertent disclosure of documents in response to a California Public Records Act request does not waive the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine.
Duffy Carolan
Partner
Jassy Vick Carolan LLP
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Email: dcarolan@jassyvick.com
U of San Francisco School of Law
Duffy regularly litigates access to public records under the FOIA and state counterpart as part of her media law practice.
FIRST & FOREMOST
In theory, the California Supreme Court's decision in Ardon v. City of Los Angeles, 62 Cal. 4th 1176 (March 17, 2016), holding that an inadvertent disclosure of documents in response to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request does not waive the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine, seems straight-forward enough. In practice, however, the decision raises ...
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