CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Attorney-Client Privilege
.........Malpractice/Fee/Breach of Duty Suits
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No privilege if attorney sued for malpractice and communication relevant to breach.

Attorney may disclose work product or confidential communications in fee arbitration proceeding without waiving privilege.

No general client-litigant exception to attorney-client privilege. Only statements between client and attorney charged with wrongdoing are admissible; not statements by client to her attorneys.

There is no lawyer-litigant exception to attorney-client privilege.