CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Attorney-Client Privilege
.........Disclos. Not Protected: Examples
............Joint Clients/Common Interest
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No privilege in civil action between clients where they jointly consulted lawyer.

Trust beneficiaries not joint clients of attorneys for trustee bank.

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.

In camera inspection of "joint defense agreement" documents must occur before determining whether disclosure compelled.

Provided no waiver by disclosure, D1 had standing to prevent D2 from disclosing privileged documents generated by D1 and transmitted to D2.

In action between insurer and insured, attorney-client privilege protects insurer's communications with attorney it consults to investigate coverage.

Protecting attorney client communications against joint client claims.