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Please point to one other statute or regulation that provides that a federal employee shall be discharged or diciplined for disclosing information to another government employee in circumstances where (i) the information is not classified, or (ii) the information is not covered by regulations designed to protect confidences within the government (procurement, lawyer-client conflicts, etc.).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

Greg Clarke The principle of extending lawyer-client privilege to conversations with accountants and other experts is known as the Kovel Rule, and has existed for more than 50 years.

Why Your CPA Might Blab Arden Dale 2011

That said, I am still surprised that there has not been more of an outcry against the Bush administration's recent assault on civil liberties: the secret arrests and indefinite detention of more than 1,200 Middle Eastern men, the suspension of habeas corpus and of the right to trial by jury, the electronic monitoring of lawyer-client conversations, the use of military tribunals.

A Conversation with Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor was Divine 2010

Is your statement that I quoted based solely on the resulting criticism, or do you see some distinction between the fairness or unfairness of attributing AQ views to AQ lawyers versus other lawyer-client scenarios?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Punishing a lawyer for his clients (continued) 2010

Further, a law firm can retain confidentiality at least initially under a claim of lawyer-client privilege.

Andrew Kreig: Spy vs. Spy As Hackers Square Off Over DC Dirty Tricks Andrew Kreig 2011

Mr. Garzón, 56 years old, who has been suspended from taking on any cases for the last two years, faced allegations at the country's Supreme Court that he ordered the illegal interception of lawyer-client communications during a domestic political-corruption investigation.

Spanish Judge Garzón Stands Trial David Roman 2012

Audiencia Nacional / Press Pool Baltasar Garzón A separate, earlier case over charges that Mr. Garzón violated confidential lawyer-client communications during a corruption probe, ended last month.

Trial of Activist Judge in Spain Splits Nation David Román 2012

The first step is for corporations to forcefully express what they want most from their law firms -- that is, that a firm gain an intimate understanding of the client's marketplace realities, that it offer exceptional cost-value benefits for the legal services it provides, and that it put predictability at the heart of the entire lawyer-client experience.

Why Businesses Are Fed Up With Their Law Firms Richard L. Upton 2010

There are some things in life that I consider sacrosanct: patient-doctor confidentiality, confessions to priests and lawyer-client privilege, Stephens said.

James Murdoch under threat as U.K. scandal spreads 2011

The same issue involving lawyer-client communications has arisen in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who has been formally charged at a Guantanamo military commission with organizing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.

Lawyers of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators Object to Mail Monitoring Jess Bravin 2011