Legal Opinion
Clark v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 2, 2011No. D058568PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDONALD, J.
Grant L. Clark seeks a writ of mandate directing the Superior Court of San Diego County to vacate its November 8, 2010, order disqualifying Clark’s chosen law firm of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP (Higgs) from continuing to represent Clark in his action against real parties in interest VeriSign, Inc., et al. (VeriSign). VeriSign sought the disqualification order because Higgs allegedly received from Clark numerous documents protected by the attorney-client privilege held by VeriSign, and Higgs thereafter (1) excessively reviewed the documents, (2) did not immediately return…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Nwosu v. UbaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
- Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
- Mitchell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
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