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Daily Journal Publishes Tony Sain Editorial

On July 15, 2015, Daily Journal published an editorial written by Los Angeles associate Tony M. Sain, entitled "Emerging Exception to Pitchess discovery requirements." Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court unanimously decided a criminal case appeal that also had unexpectedly significant implications for public entities' administrative operations and their defense of civil actions, particularly given its intersection with the Pitchess privileges governing discovery and disclosure of peace officer personnel file information: People v. Superior Ct. (Johnson) (July 6, 2015) 2015 Cal. LEXIS 4647 (no. S221296, slip op.).

The Daily Journal Corporation publishes legal newspapers in California and Arizona. The company's largest publications are the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals and California Lawyer. Daily Journal provides news of interest to Californian lawyers and includes profiles of judges, appellate decisions and other legal information.

For more information on what the ruling means for Pitchess privileges and the law enforcement community, you can order a complimentary electronic version of Tony Sain's Pitchess primer, The Pitchess Privileges: A Guide to Understanding Police Officer Personnel Record Procedural Protections In Civil Cases, by contacting the firm's Business Development Department at [email protected].