CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY’S INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST DOES NOT WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE
On March 17, 2016, the California Supreme Court in Ardon v. City of Los Angeles, 2016 Cal. LEXIS 1572, Case No. S223876 (Mar. 17, 2016), held that the City of Los Angeles’s inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents in response to a Public Records Act request did not waive the privilege under Government Code section 6254.5.[1] […]