Public Service Co. of New Mexico v. Lyons

How courts have described this case

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• characterizing Hearn as the majority approach, Rhone-Poulenc as the minority position, and collecting cases
• several courts have recently concluded that a litigant waives the attorney-client privilege if, and only if, the litigant directly puts the attorney’s advice at issue in the litigation
• several courts have recently concluded that a litigant waives the attorney-client privilege if, and only if, the litigant directly puts the attorney's advice at issue in the litigation
• “Our rules reflect a careful, methodical, approach to the development of the rules governing privileges — one that involves public participation and discourages ad hoc judicial intervention.”
• several courts have recently concluded that a litigant waives the attorney-client privilege if, and only if, the litigant directly puts the attorney's advice at issue in the litigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).