CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Attorney Work Product
.........Definition/Authority
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Attorney work product protected from discovery; crime/fraud exception.

Federal work product statutory rule.

Work product defined.

Law firm is the holder of the attorney work product privilege, not the individual attorneys working for it.

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.