An attorney’s attempt to block the release of documents exchanged his former client regarding a controversial Los Angeles water billing settlement failed after the judge said they were not privileged.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle

LOS ANGELES -- An attorney's attempt to block release of documents exchanged with his former client regarding a controversial Los Angeles water billing settlement failed Tuesday after the judge said they were not privileged because the attorney was actually representing the interests of the client's opponent in the case.

The documents, mostly emails, center around former city special counsel Paul O. Paradis and lead class ratepayer ...

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Sep. 11, 2019

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