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1995-12-08 - Re: Is there a lawyer in the house?

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
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Message ID: <199512080554.AAA05788@opine.cs.umass.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-08 05:53:04 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 21:53:04 PST

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 95 21:53:04 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Is there a lawyer in the house?
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Black Unicorn writes:
> Yes.  I have seen holdings which indicate that information given to an 
> employer, where there was no obvious expection that it be kept 
> confidential, estopped 4th amendment protections to its introduction when 
> obtained without a warrant.
[...and...]
> Again, because of the nature of the relationship.  There is an 
> expectation that a conversation with an attorney is one of the most 
> private exchanges you can engage in.  As for rare exceptions, I'm not so 
> sure I would term them rare.

What happens if I disclose a key to my employer's corporate law firm ?
Does that clearly lie one way or the other, or would it likely hinge upon 
the conditions under which I came to reveal the key ?

-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>

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