L.A. Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors v. Superior Court of L.A. Cnty.
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Cuéllar, J.
*288 This case implicates both the public's interest in transparency and a public agency's interest in confidential communications with its legal counsel. The specific question we must resolve is whether invoices for work on currently pending litigation sent to the County of Los Angeles by an outside law firm are within the scope of the attorney-client privilege, and therefore exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (PRA; Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq. ). What we hold is that the attorney-client privilege does not categorically shield everything in a billing invoice…
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