California Supreme Court just ruled that attorney client privilege does not apply to billing invoices

There are exceptions, of course.


This just happened at 10 a.m. Here is the link to the published opinion.

http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/mainCaseScreen.cfm?dist=0&doc_id=2109843&doc_no=S226645

This is a link to a previous article about the lawsuit.


http://blog.sfbar.org/2015/07/07/attorney-client-billing-statements-are-protected-by-attorney-client-privilege-regardless-of-whether-they-contain-legal-opinions-or-advice/

In April, this very issue came up in a case involving Humboldt County and HUMCPR.

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/04/humcpr-can-certainly-afford-their-own.html?m=1