A law firm being sued by a client for allegedly commingling funds must turn over an email that a former employee sent himself regarding potentially suspicious activity related to the firm’s trust account, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

A unanimous three-judge Superior Court panel ruled May 30 that Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based firm Boyle Litigation did not have standing to assert attorney-client privilege over the former employee’s email, which the employee had sent and received using his private email account. The ruling in Knopick v. Boyle affirmed a decision by the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.

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