Sundholm

Filed 2/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

MAGNUS SUNDHOLM, B324842

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. 21STCV44898)

HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN

PRESS ASSOCIATION et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Wendy W. Y. Chang, Judge. Reversed. One LLP, David W. Quinto and Joanna Ardalan for Plaintiff and Appellant. Latham & Watkins, Marvin S. Putnam, Robert J. Ellison and Chandler S. Howell for Defendants and Respondents. _________________________________

After he was expelled from membership in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Magnus Sundholm sued HFPA, alleging breach of contract and other claims. HFPA moved to disqualify One LLP and its attorneys from representing Sundholm in this litigation based on the review by David W. Quinto, an attorney at One LLP, of at least two documents HFPA claimed were protected by the attorney-client privilege. The trial court granted the motion, and Sundholm appealed. We agree with the trial court that Quinto improperly…