CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Waiver of Privilege
.........Waiver by Consent: Express or Implied
............Implied Waiver: Examples
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Privilege may be waived if holder discloses content of communication to another.

Based on totality of circumstances surrounding the interrogation, D's willingness to answer questions after expressly affirming his understanding of his Miranda rights constituted a valid implied waiver of them.

Although D did not ••expressly•• waive Miranda rights, express waiver not required where his actions made clear that waiver intended.

Substantial evidence supported finding D's confession to O admissible under implied waiver rule; rule not rescinded by Seibert.

Privilege impliedly waived where attorney's dual role as legal counsel and business advisor impossible to separate.

Where attorney's state of mind is directly placed in issue by P's complaint, then no privilege as to communications which relate to that state.

Privilege may be lost by filing lawsuit gravamen of which is inconsistent with continued assertion of a privilege.