[44956] in Cypherpunks
Re: Is there a lawyer in the house?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Fri Dec 8 01:00:28 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 00:54:15 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951207202351.6540B-100000@polaris.mindport.net> from "Black Unicorn" at Dec 7, 95 09:17:37 pm
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
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>
