Criminal defense attorneys aren’t taking kindly to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision that prosecutors may subpoena them for information about their clients.
The U.S. District Court in Boston adopted an ethics rule, first approved by the state Supreme Judicial Court two years ago, that prevents prosecutors from issuing subpoenas to defense attorneys for information related to their clients without first getting a judge’s approval.
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