18 Aug: Mediation Message No. 129

MICHAEL D. MARCUS’S MEDIATION MESSAGE NO.  129 THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE IS NOW DIMINISHED The simple question in Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court (2016) 2 Cal.5th 282 (L.A. County) is whether invoices by an outside law firm to a governmental agency are covered by the attorney-client privilege and, therefore, exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (PRA). L.A. County’s supposedly narrow holding that the privilege may not extend to such…