California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Saba v. Lareau, E070635 (Cal. App. 2019):
parties to the lawsuit but need merely be connected or related to the proceedings," in other words, there must be "some reasonable connection between the act claimed to be privileged and the legitimate objects of the lawsuit in which that act took place." (Adams v. Superior Court (1992) 2 Cal.App.4th 521, 529.)
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