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Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 4 - Attorneys
ARTICLE 11 - Cessation of Law Practice—Jurisdiction of Courts
Section 6180.10.a.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 6180.10.a (2018)
6180.10.
Persons examining the files and records of the law practice of the affected attorney pursuant to this article shall observe the lawyer-client privilege and shall make disclosure only to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Such disclosure is a disclosure which is reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose for which the affected attorney was consulted. The appointment of such licensee of the State Bar shall not affect the lawyer-client privilege which privilege shall apply to communications by or to the appointed lawyers to the same extent as it would have applied to communications by or to the affected attorney.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 131. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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