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Civil Litigation -
Note Regarding Confidentiality

Northern California Civil Litigation Information

Once you are involved in litigation, or even beforehand if you think you will be involved in litigation, you should be extremely careful about anything you say or write which concerns the matter. Ideally, you should not speak to anyone about your legal matter other than your own attorney or an attorney who you are interviewing. You may have an urge to fire off an e-mail or otherwise quickly respond to an initial settlement demand or complaint you have just received. You should resist those urges and instead contact an attorney. (If you think you have a way to diffuse the lawsuit, then you should still contact an attorney to get some legal input before you take such steps. Even if you manage to arrange a settlement, you should have an attorney review the matter before you sign anything to be sure your settlement is completed properly so the entire matter is concluded forever.) The main point here is to be aware that things you say or write to people other than your attorney may be held against you later.

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