Legal Aid lawyers claiming the government violated their rights by secretly recording attorney-client communications with 9/11 detainees won a major battle when a federal judge permitted the action to proceed. The unusual case centers on the rights and privileges of lawyers, rather than the clients, operating behind the attorney-client shield. Rejecting a qualified immunity argument for dismissal, Judge Nina Gershon said the attorneys raised a viable complaint under the Wiretap Act and the Fourth Amendment.
June 26, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Legal Aid lawyers claiming the government violated their rights by secretly recording attorney-client communications with 9/11 detainees won a major battle last week when a federal judge permitted the bulk of the action to proceed.
The case is unusual in that it centers on the rights and privileges of lawyers operating behind the attorney-client shield, rather than the rights of the clients.
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