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Civil Litigation

Dec. 19, 2016

Right to privacy and civil discovery

Learn about the source of the right to privacy, the test for determining when discovery may be curtailed due to the right, and specific areas covered by the right.

Patricia M. Lucas

Judge (Ret.)
JAMS

Gary Nadler

Judge (ret.)
JAMS

Hon. Gary Nadler (Ret.) is a retired Sonoma County Superior Court judge and serves as an arbitrator, mediator, special master/discovery referee and neutral evaluator at JAMS.

The objective of this article and accompanying self-assessment test is to provide bench officers and lawyers with an overview of the right to privacy in California civil discovery. By reading the article and taking the accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about the source of the right to privacy, the test for determining when discovery may be curtailed due to the right, and specific areas covered by the right.

Source of the Right

The right to privacy in Cali...

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