Tsai-Son Nguyen v. Excel Corp.

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• holding that disclosure of significantU cnointefidd eSntatitaels cvo. mWmouondaiclaltions waives the privilege as to the entire th subject matter
• holding that defendant “waived the attorney-client privilege by its failure to assert the privilege” when plaintiff asked questions designed to elicit privileged information
• holding, in the analogous attorney-client privilege context, that a client “implicitly waives the attorney-client privilege by testifying about portions of the attorney-client communication”
• recognizing “a client’s inability to, at once, employ the privilege as both a sword and a shield.”
• deciding—regardless of whether it applied Shelton or not—the district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the plaintiffs to depose defense counsel
• deciding—regardless of whether it applied Shelton or not—the district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the plaintiffs to depose defense counsel

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