Behunin v. Superior Court

Docket NumberB272225
Decision Date14 March 2017

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  • Golden Door Props., LLC v. Superior Court of San Diego Cnty.
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • July 30, 2020
    ...be made to advance their shared interest in securing legal advice on that common matter." ’ " ( Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 833, 853, 215 Cal.Rptr.3d 475.)When the common interest doctrine is asserted to prevent disclosure of shared information between a project applicant......
  • Ponzo v. Miller
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • November 19, 2018
    ...110 at p. 128.) Whether a party has waived the attorney-client privilege is often a mixed question of law and fact. (Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 833, 843.) Ponzo, Dillon and Ivy Screen argued in the trial court that the communications were admissible because Crum raised g......
  • Golden Door Props., LLC v. Superior Court
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • July 30, 2020
    ...the communications be made to advance their shared interest in securing legal advice on that common matter." ' " (Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 833, 853.) When the common interest doctrine is asserted to prevent disclosure of shared information between a project applicant a......
  • Golden Door Props., LLC v. Superior Court
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • July 30, 2020
    ...the communications be made to advance their shared interest in securing legal advice on that common matter." ' " (Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 833, 853.) When the common interest doctrine is asserted to prevent disclosure of shared information between a project applicant a......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • February 6, 2019
    ...is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal advice. [1] Behunin v. Superior Court, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475 (Ct. App 2017). [2] Behunin, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d, at 479. [3] Id., at 487. [4] Id., at 490-91 (citing cases). [5] Id., at 487-88., at ---......
  • Keeping the PR in Privilege: Outside Public Relations and the Attorney-Client Privilege
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • March 24, 2021
    ...& Paper Co., Ltd., 232 F.R.D. 103, 113 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). [View source.] S. Greg Burge M. Corban Snider Behunin v. Superior Court, 9 Cal.App.5th 833, 849 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017) (collecting [8] See, for example, In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated March 24, 2003, 265 F. Supp. 2d 321 (S.D.N.Y. 2......
  • Protecting Communications From PR Privilege Issues
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • July 24, 2017
    ...what to share with third parties. Endnotes 1 No. 1637-2015, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 166 (Pa. Super. March 13, 2017). 2 9 Cal. App. 5th 833, *2, *36 n.11 (Cal. App. 2017) (declining to "address Behunin's passing reference to the attorney work product 3 These tests largely have been developed t......
  • Evaluating Stand-Alone Privilege for Cybersecurity Info
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • September 19, 2019
    ...with a public relations firm should remain privileged pursuant to what is known as the Kovel doctrine,9 the courts in Behunin v. Superior Court10 and BouSamra v. Excela Health11 said that the parties asserting privilege did not prove that disclosing the privileged documents was necessary fo......
7 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases null
    • United States
    • Full Court Press California Guide to Criminal Evidence Table of Cases
    • Invalid date
    ...Beck v. State of Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 85 S. Ct. 223, 13 L. Ed. 2d 142 (1964)—Ch. 5-A, §2.2.3(1)(a) Behunin v. Superior Court, 9 Cal. App. 5th 833, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475 (2d Dist. 2017)—Ch. 4-C, §4.2.2(2) Bell v. Cone, 535 U.S. 685, 122 S. Ct. 1843, 152 L. Ed. 2d 914 (2002)—Ch. 5-D, §2.1.1 Bel......
  • Discovery
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases. Volume 1-2 Volume 2 - Practice
    • May 1, 2023
    ...(N.D. Ill. 2005)(same); Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 200 F.R.D. 661, 669 (D. Kan. 2001). See also Behunin v. Superior Court , 9 Cal. App. 5th 833, 849-50, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475 (2017) review denied (June 14, 2017)(“There may be situations in which an attorney’s use of a public relat......
  • Privileges and public policy exclusions
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books California Objections
    • March 29, 2023
    ...necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose for which the attorney was consulted or retained. Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal. App. 5th 833, 846, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475. Confidential attorney-client communications disclosed to a retained expert are privileged until the expert beco......
  • Table of cases
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books California Objections
    • March 29, 2023
    ...§§9:130, 9:150, 9:160 Behr v. Redmond (2011) 193 Cal. App. 4th 517, 123 Cal. Rptr. 3d 97, §22:200 Behunin v. Superior Court (2017) 9 Cal. App. 5th 833, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475, §10:70 Belcher, People v. (1961) 189 Cal. App. 2d 404, 11 Cal. Rptr. 175, §7:130 Belfiore-Braman v. Rotenberg (2018)......
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