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Code of Civil Procedure § 2018.080

CHAPTER 4. Attorney Work Product

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 2018.080Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 182.

In an action between an attorney and a client or a former client of the attorney, no work product privilege under this chapter exists if the work product is relevant to an issue of breach by the attorney of a duty to the client arising out of the attorney-client relationship.