JEFFREY SMITH ET AL VS. HANSON BRIDGETT LLP ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC21594100 - August 5, 2025 Hearing date: August 5, 2025 Case number: CGC21594100 Case title: JEFFREY SMITH ET AL VS. HANSON BRIDGETT LLP ET AL Case Number: | | CGC21594100 | Case Title: | | JEFFREY SMITH ET AL VS. HANSON BRIDGETT LLP ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-08-05 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | PETITIONERS P&P INDUSTRIES LLC, A VERMONT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND JT3CAPITAL LLC'S MOTION TO CONFIRM ARBITRATION AWARD [ADDED FOR POSTING OF PART 2 OF 2 OF THE TENTATIVE RULING] | Rulings: | | PETITIONERS P&P INDUSTRIES LLC, A VERMONT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND JT3CAPITAL LLC'S MOTION TO CONFIRM ARBITRATION AWARD [ADDED FOR POSTING OF PART 2 OF 2 OF THE TENTATIVE RULING] (Part 2 of 2)

6. The privilege log reflects numerous documents and emails for which Hanson Bridgett claims privilege through December 2015, and then a gap until August 2020, which is presumably when the conflict between Smith and Barakat arose over Barakat's entitlement to a share of the proceeds of the qui tam settlement. Does Smith contend that the joint representation continued after August 2020 and that no privilege exists as to those documents? If the court finds that Smith and Barakat were jointly represented by Weil in 2012 because Weil represented them both in the negotiation of OTG's and Smith's agreements with their qui tam counsel, is it compelled to find that no privilege exists as to documents from August 2020?

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