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- Title
PRINCIPLES, POLITICS, AND PRIVILEGE: HOW THE CRIME-FRAUD EXCEPTION CAN PRESERVE THE STRENGTH OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE FOR GOVERNMENT LAWYERS AND THEIR CLIENTS.
- Authors
Glenn, Michael W.
- Abstract
[W]e can attest to the vital importance of candor and confidentiality in the Solicitor General's decisionmaking process .... Our decisionmaking process require[s] the unbridled, open exchange of ideas--an exchange that simply cannot take place if attorneys have reason to fear that their private recommendations are not private at all, but vulnerable to public disclosure. Attorneys inevitably will hesitate before giving their honest, independent analysis if their opinions are not safeguarded from future disclosure. High-level decisionmaking requires candor, and candor in turn requires confidentiality.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ATTORNEY-client privilege; LEGAL status of government attorneys; UNITED States. Solicitor General; DECISION making; PUBLIC disclosure of private facts (Tort)
- Publication
Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2013, Vol 40, Issue 4, p1447
- ISSN
0199-4646
- Publication type
Article