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California Supreme Courts Holds That Recording Cell Phone Calls Without Consent Is Unlawful and Subjects Recorders to Class Action...

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Introduction - The Supreme Court of California, interpreting California Penal Code section 632.7, recently held in Smith v. LoanMe, Inc. that cellular or cordless phone conversations cannot be recorded by nonparties or...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Defense Options After Calif. High Court Call-Recording Ruling

On April 1, the California Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. LoanMe Inc. that California Penal Code Section 632.7 prohibits both parties to a communication and nonparties, such as an individual who covertly intercepts and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Supreme Court Increases Privacy Protections for Covered Cellular Communications

The California Supreme Court overturned the California Court of Appeals to hold that a party to a phone call can violate California Penal Code section 632.7 by recording the conversation without the consent of the other...more

Snell & Wilmer

California Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Counsel is Bound by Confidentiality Provisions in Settlement Agreements

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In Monster Energy Co. v. Schechter, 7 Cal.5th 781, 792 (2019) the California Supreme Court was tasked with determining “whether counsel’s signature approving a [settlement] agreement as to form and content for his clients’...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

California Puts Teeth into Confidentiality Provisions. Lawyer Gets Bitten.

claims often end in confidential settlements, as do many insured liabilities. But does it matter if lawyers sign a settlement agreement approving “as to form and content”? Last month, the California Supreme Court answered...more

Allen Matkins

"Approved As To Form" Is No "Sick Chicken"

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Attorneys often sign settlement agreements under the words "approved as to form" or "approved as to form and content". In signing the settlement agreement, an attorney may not expect to be bound by the settlement, but should...more

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California Mediation Confidentiality May Apply to Third Party “Participants” Retained to Provide Analysis

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California Evidence Code section 1119 governs the general admissibility of oral and written communications generated during the mediation process. Section 1119(a) provides that “[n]o evidence of anything said or any admission...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Supreme Court Concludes Attorney Invoices Privileged During Ongoing Litigation

Attorney invoices may be protected in their entirety by the attorney-client privilege during ongoing litigation. After litigation has concluded, however, those same invoices may be discoverable. So concludes the California...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Legal Invoices to Public Agencies in California May Be Exempt from Disclosure

In a case that pitted government transparency against a public agency’s interest in confidential communications with its attorney, the California Supreme Court came down on the side of protecting attorney-client privileged...more

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