confidential-communication

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23A411 Irvin Harris Johnson v. United States District of Columbia 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete attorney-client-privilege confidential-communication criminal-procedure right-to-counsel sixth-amendment work-product-doctrine Whether the Sixth Amendment protects a criminal defendant's handwritten notes prepared for attorney consultation from being seized and used as evidenc…
20-1596 Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm P.L.L.C. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied Amici (1) attorney-client-privilege circuit-split client-identity confidential-communication irs-audit irs-summons john-doe-summons legal-counsel tax-planning Whether the attorney-client privilege protects the identity of a client when the government is aware of the client's confidential communication with l…
20-7304 Robert Phillip Ivers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Amici (1)IFP attorney-client-privilege chilling-effect common-law communication-scope confidential-communication eighth-circuit evidentiary-privilege federal-common-law legal-advice legal-profession privileged-communication Whether a confidential attorney-client phone call made for the primary purpose of obtaining legal advice is protected in its entirety by the attorney-…
18-269 Alan Mapuatuli, et al. v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Ninth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied attorney-client-privilege attorney-work-product civil-rights confidential-communication confidentiality criminal-procedure due-process federal-inmates prison-litigation-reform-act prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment work-product-doctrine Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated by interception of prison emails with counsel