With a jab at the ethics of a prominent intellectual property lawyer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a party may not share documents with the government and then maintain that they are privileged in separate civil litigation.
The ruling in In re Pacific Pictures Corp.brings the Ninth Circuit in line with most other federal appellate courts and the California Court of Appeal.
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