In Smith v. Laguna Sur Villas Community Assn. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 639, two condominium associations retained a law firm to bring a construction defect action against the developer. A dissident group of residents demanded to review the law firm's work product and legal bills. (Id. at p. 642.) The association objected that the documents were protected by the attorney-client and work product privileges. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's holding that the association was the holder of the attorney-client privilege and individual homeowners could not demand the production of privileged documents, except as allowed by the association. (Id. at p. 643.) Smith assumed without discussion that the legal bills in question were protected by the privilege.