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Bill to Protect Companies in Inquiries Adds Support

Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Lynnley Browning
QUOTE: Confidentiality is a common-law bedrock of the American legal system. With rare exceptions, it ensures that no one other than lawyers and their clients can see legal communications or documents. Erosion of the legal confidentiality principle has been one of the hottest topics in the American bar for several years. The bill would toughen prosecutorial guidelines issued by the Justice Department in late 2006. A version of the bill passed the House last fall and is now in the Senate.

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