Legal Opinion
Firdos S. Sheikh, M.D. v. Spinnaker Insurance Company
District Court, E.D. California
Decided March 5, 2026No. 2:23-cv-01582Unknown
1Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 FIRDOS S. SHEIKH, M.D., No. 2:23-cv-01582-TLN-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Defendant Spinnaker Insurance Company has asserted an advice of counsel defense. The 18 parties agree that this constitutes a waiver of attorney-client privilege as to that advice. But the 19 parties dispute whether the waiver also extends to related communications, a dispute brought 20 before the undersigned through letter briefing and an informal telephonic discovery…
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