Clawback Principles Apply in PRA Petitions

Newark Unified School Dist. v. Superior Court, No. A142963 (D1d1 Jul. 31, 2015)

In an opinion that dives deep on legislative history issues outside the scope of our coverage, the court of appeal holds that clawback principles applicable to ordinary civil cases apply to privileged documents that are inadvertently produced in response to requests under the Public Records Act.