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Court Rules Privilege Logs Must Specify Type of Privilege Claimed for Each Document
This case, Armstrong v. Superior Court, involved a dispute over whether a trial court could order a defendant to produce a privilege log that included information about the type of privilege being ass...
Client's disclosure to forensic accountants did not waive attorney-client privilege.
Martin Phipps, Individually and Phipps LLP v. Cord Largo, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 10, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. The dispute centered on whether Cord Largo, a former clie...
Texas Court of Appeals Upholds GM's Privilege Claims Against State Subpoena
In Re General Motors, LLC v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns whether the State of Texas could compel...
Court Compels Law Firm to Produce Client Information Despite Privilege Claim
In Re Azhar Chaudhary Law Firm, PC; And Azhar M. Chaudhary v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on February 4, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the Sta...
Appellate Court Dismisses Mandamus for Unruled Motion
In Re David L. Sheller v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on February 3, 2026, resulted in a dismissed outcome. The appellant, David L. Sheller, sought a writ of mandamus to comp...
Attorneys Not Liable for Fraudulent Fee Inflation Claims
The Renco Group Inc. and the Doe Run Resources Corporation v. Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, decided by Eleventh Circuit on January 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed ...
Texas Fails to Shield Documents from Discovery
In Re State of Texas v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on January 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The State of Texas sought a writ of mandamus to compel the trial...
Texas appellate court protects privileged documents from discovery
In Re State of Texas v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on January 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The State of Texas sought a writ of mandamus to compel the trial...
Court Affirms CCPA 'Knowing Violation' Finding Despite Unintentional Non-Compliance
In re Thai, decided by California Court of Appeal on January 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision, holding that the defendant's action...
Nevada Supreme Court Orders In Camera Review for DOC Disciplinary Documents
STATE, DEP'T OF CORR. v. DIST. CT. (CAPERONIS) (CIVIL), decided by Nevada Supreme Court on November 13, 2025, resulted in a remanded outcome. The Nevada Supreme Court reviewed a District Court's order...
Court Denies Motion to Compel Financial Records in Real Estate Dispute
Matter of Hans-Gaston v. Sunshine, decided by New York Appellate Division on November 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The petitioner, Hans-Gaston, sought to compel the respondent, Sunshi...
Court orders limited disclosure of trust financial records over privilege claims
Matter of Scanlon v. Miller-Williams, decided by New York Appellate Division on September 24, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. The petitioner sought to compel the respondent to produce certain finan...
D.C. Circuit Orders Production of Contractor Documents, Rejecting Privilege Claims
In re: Sealed Case (PUBLIC REISSUED OPINION), decided by D.C. Circuit on September 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The D.C. Circuit reviewed a district court's order compelling a former...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Suppression of Evidence Due to Invalid Search Warrant
State ex rel. Martin v. McCormick, decided by Ohio Supreme Court on September 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Supreme Court considered whether a county court of appeals erred i...
Documents not protected by privilege must be disclosed
The Kennedy Com. v. Super. Ct., decided by California Court of Appeal on September 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Kennedy, sued the defendant, a superior court, for issu...
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Release of Prosecutor's Records
State ex rel. Castellon v. Cuyahoga Cty. Prosecutor's Office, decided by Ohio Supreme Court on August 12, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. This case concerns the Ohio Public Records Act and whether ...
Ohio Secretary of State can withhold voter data from unqualified applicants
In re Application of Notestine, decided by Ohio Supreme Court on July 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The applicant sought to compel the Ohio Secretary of State to provide certain voter ...
Court Orders Financial Management Office to Conduct Further Public Records Search
Citizen Action Def. Fund v. Off. of Fin. Mgmt., decided by Washington Supreme Court on June 26, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. The Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) sued the Office of Financial M...
State Farm's claims handling documents protected by privilege
In Re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Lindsey Nicole Dessart, decided by Texas Supreme Court on April 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns whether an in...
Court orders limited disclosure of trust financial records over privilege claims
Matter of Cipressi, decided by New York Appellate Division on April 7, 2025, resulted in a mixed outcome. The petitioner sought to compel the respondent to produce certain financial records related to...