Is attorney-client privilege protected?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bauer, 132 F.3d 504 (9th Cir. 1997):
Id. at 68 (emphasis added) (quoting United States v. Hall, 346 F.2d 875, 882 (2d Cir.1965)). We therefore held that "[t]he evidence sought to be elicited from [the attorney] was not of a confidential nature and hence was not protected by the attorney-client privilege. It simply related to whether he had advised his client of the court's order to appear." Id.
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