There’s some good news for in-house counsel in California (and their companies). The courts there recently upheld privilege between in-house counsel and companies for communications concerning a dispute with a current client, according to Terrence McAvoy and Michael Ruff in a recent blog post.
In the case, the plaintiff sued his lawyer and her firm. While she was still representing the plaintiff, the lawyer consulted with her colleagues at the firm about the dispute with her client, including the firm’s general counsel. In the malpractice suit, the plaintiff filed a motion to compel the defendant to disclose internal communications between her colleagues, but the defendant said they were privileged.
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