SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CASE ON SCOPE OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

On January 23rd, the United States Supreme Court dismissed in a per curiam order In re Grand Jury, a case examining the scope of the attorney-client privilege two weeks after hearing oral arguments. The case invited the Supreme Court to decide a recurring question: When a client confers with a lawyer and receives both legal and non-legal advice, and the non legal advice cannot be disentangled from the legal advice, does the attorney-client privilege protect all of the advice or none of it? Read More