Pacific Pictures Corp. v. United States District Court

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• concluding that in the attorney-client privilege context “voluntarily disclosing privileged documents to third parties will generally destroy the privilege”
• holding that the joint agreement between parties with a common 7 legal interest may be written or unwritten
• holding that 19 communications protected by the common-interest doctrine must be made “in pursuit of a joint 20 strategy in accordance with some form of agreement”
• holding a shared desire to obtain the same outcome in a legal proceeding does not establish a “common interest” or “joint defense” privilege
• explaining that “voluntarily disclosing privileged 12 documents to third parties will generally destroy the [attorney-client] privilege”
• explaining that the common interest or joint defense rule is an exception to the ordinary waiver rules designed to allow attorneys representing different clients in pursuit of common legal strategies to communicate with one another

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