Valve Corporation, V. Bucher Law, Pllc Et Ano

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON VALVE CORPORATION, No. 86585-4-I Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. PUBLISHED OPINION BUCHER LAW PLLC and AFN LAW, PLLC, and JOHN DOE CORPORATION, Appellants. FELDMAN, J. — It has long been recognized “that lawyers are officers of the court who perform a fundamental role in the administration of justice.” Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511, 524, 87 S. Ct. 625,

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(1967). The litigation privilege recognizes this fundamental role by affording attorneys immunity from civil liability for communications that “have some relation to” a judicial…