The San Francisco U.S. Attorney's Office seemed ready for a nasty fight this summer when it argued it was allowed to listen to tapes of jailhouse conversations between a defendant and his lawyer -- and then blamed the lawyer for exposing his clients' communications to government snooping. In response, the defense bar rallied around its colleague Ian Loveseth with amicus curiae briefs, and the ACLU also got involved in the fight. But late last week, the government unexpectedly threw in the towel.
November 01, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The San Francisco U.S. Attorney’s Office seemed ready for a nasty fight this summer when it argued it was allowed to listen to tapes of jailhouse conversations between a defendant and his lawyer — and then blamed the lawyer for exposing his client’s communications to government snooping.
In response, the defense bar rallied around its colleague Ian Loveseth with amicus curiae briefs, and the ACLU also got involved in the fight.
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