CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Attorney Work Product
.........Definition/Authority
9 Cards On This Topic:
  • Attorney work product protected from discovery; crime/fraud exception.
  • Federal work product statutory rule.
  • Work product defined.
  • Litigants appearing in pro per may assert work product privilege.
  • Classic definition and rationale for work product rule.
  • Effect of work product rule.
  • Work product of attorney not absolutely privileged, merely a factor for court to consider in determining whether to permit discovery.
  • Attorney's work-product privilege is applicable at trial as well as at pre-trial discovery proceedings.
  • Relationship between CCP §2018 and Rules Prof. Conduct, rule 3-700 with respect to client's right to documents protected by attorney work product.