Lawyer advises the CEO of his client on some litigation strategy. Privileged communication, obviously. CEO then meets with his VPs and shares the information with them. Privileged? I always thought it should be, and now I have the decision in Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (Watts Industries, Inc.), case no. B194793 (2d Dist. Oct. 11, 2007) to back me up. The court holds that the trial court construed the attorney-client privilege too narrowly by exempting from discovery only those documents that “contain actual copies of letters or e-mail communications from outside counsel, or documents that have been created by counsel, or received by counsel, or that contain direct…