The questions of attorney-client communications and attorney work product seem always to be subjects for debate. There are some principles and issues in the law that never go away, and that are never resolved no matter how many opinions or adjudications flow forth from the “Oracle at Delphi.”

In Brandywine v. Brandywine Village Associates, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 336, (Pa. Super. July 28, 2023) (Stevens, P.J.E.), Carlino East Brandywine (Carlino) entered into a contract to purchase a parcel of land adjoining a shopping center owned by Brandywine Village Associates (BVA), pending certain governmental approvals of Carlino’s development plans. Carlino attempted to develop that parcel as a shopping center with a Giant grocery store, and the BVA defendants actively opposed Carlino’s efforts to obtain the necessary government approvals. Carlino filed suit against the BVA defendants and attorney Paul Prince, who had represented BVA in its actions opposing Carlino’s development.