SAN FRANCISCO — As the whistleblower retaliation suit brought by former Bio-Rad general counsel Sanford Wadler hurtles toward trial next month, the lawyer and his former employer are battling over what internal company communications can be used as evidence.

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.’s lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have argued that information Wadler learned as general counsel should be barred from trial by California professional ethics rules that put tight limits on when lawyers can divulge privileged information.

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