CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Atty-client Privilege
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Atty. receiving what appears to be a confidential communication between opposing party and attorney may not open it even if s/he believes that it may be subject to crime-fraud exception.

When one joint client sues former atty, nonsuing client cannot prevent the parties from discovering or introducing otherwise privileged attorney-client communications made in the course of the joint representation.

P's emails to her atty not privileged where she used D company computer knowing it was monitored and that she had no right of privacy with respect to e-mail messages.