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Just having a lawyer in the room doesn’t make the conversation privileged. It’s a conversation with the lawyer that is privileged, so they actually have to be
by gumby 4y ago
Just having a lawyer in the room doesn’t make the conversation privileged. It’s a conversation with the lawyer that is privileged, so they actually have to be a participant.
- runnerup 4y agoUhh...it's also not privileged, if the lawyer is participating in the discussion about ongoing planning of criminal activity. http://doctorcleveland.blogspot.com/2018/04/don-corleones-guide-to-attorney-client.html http://doctorcleveland.blogspot.com/2018/04/don-corleones-gu... > [The lawyer] Hagen is not only party to that decision but party to a detailed discussion of methods. He cannot pretend attorney-client privilege here either.
- gumby 4y agoAlso true, as the recent crime-fraud exception case demonstrated in one of the trump investigations this very month. So it’s pretty narrow.