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Sub: Atty-Client Privilege
Author: batata [140] Send Private Message
25 Jun 2009 02:55 AM
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batata

Able, an attorney, sued Clinton, a client, for his fee, based on an agreed
hourly rate. Clinton subpoenaed the attorney's time records for the days on
which he purported to have worked for Clinton, in order to show that Able
had billed an impossible number of hours to Clinton and others on those
days. Clinton's subpoena provided that any information concerning the
matters handled for other clients be deleted or masked. Able moved to quash
the subpoena on the ground of attorney-client privilege.

The subpoena should be

A. upheld, because the information about hours billed is not
within the privilege.
B. upheld, because an attorney has no right to invoke his
clients' privilege without instruction from the clients.
C. quashed, because an attorney is entitled to a right of
privacy for the work product in his files.
D. quashed, because no permission was obtained from the other
clients to divulge information from their files.

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Author: ptrips2005 [21304]
25 Jun 2009 09:27 AM
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ptrips2005

A looks the best answer.

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Author: JohnS [6] Send Private Message
25 Jun 2009 11:55 AM
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JohnS

<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>The answer should be B. The atty-client privilege is a right that belongs to the client. Only the client can invoke the right. The atty asserts that right "on behalf of" the client in protecting client's information. In this case, only the client can assert the right but not the atty.</div>
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Author: SamanthaG [2] Send Private Message
25 Jun 2009 12:01 PM
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SamanthaG

A
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Author: Jeff [21304]
25 Jun 2009 02:08 PM
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Jeff

A is the best choice. Others are all wrong.


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Author: All4JDs [138] Send Private Message
25 Jun 2009 06:27 PM
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All4JDs

It has been a long time but I will go with A.
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Author: LulJD [1] Send Private Message
25 Jun 2009 07:30 PM
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LulJD

A


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