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Cal. Evid. Code § 962
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§ 962 [No Privilege Between Joint Clients in Civil Proceedings]
Division 8: Privileges | Chapter 4: Particular Privileges | Article 3: Lawyer-Client Privilege
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Rule Text
Where two or more clients have retained or consulted a lawyer upon a matter of common interest, none of them, nor the successor in interest of any of them, may claim a privilege under this article as to a communication made in the course of that relationship when such communication is offered in a civil proceeding between one of such clients (or his successor in interest) and another of such clients (or his successor in interest).
Amendment history: Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.