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Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Sup. Ct.
30 November 2009, 1:00 pm

(Cal., Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law) In a class action suit brought by employees against the Costco Wholesale Corporation alleging the corporation misclassified some of its managers as exempt employees and therefore failed to pay them overtime wages, trial court's directions ordering a referee to conduct an in camera review of an opinion letter sent by outside counsel to Costco and allowing the referee to redact the letter to conceal that portion he believed to be privileged, and ordering Costco to disclose the remainder to the opposing party is reversed as the trial court's directions and order violated the attorney-client privilege, as well as the statutory prohibition against requiring disclosure of information claimed to be subject to the attorney-client privilege in order to rule on a claim of privilege.





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