Motown Record Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

WOODS, P. J.

This original proceeding in mandate was initiated by civil plaintiffs who seek review of a trial court order which determined that they had not timely complied with a prior order requiring a factual showing of the basis of their claims that certain documents are protected by the attorney/client and attorney work product privileges. The order imposed the sanction of compelling full production and declared that any such existing privilege was “waived.”

The issues presented are (1) whether the sanction is excessive for the purpose of ensuring appropriate discovery and (2)…