Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (15777)	6/9/1998 12:03:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

>>JLA, what's your opinion on the "dead man's" attorney/client privilege? bp Is it true that Foster's former attorney is arguing that if Starr gets his notes it will mean that Foster died in vain? What kind of privilege allowed the Clintonistas to rifle and remove documents from both Foster's and Ron Brown's offices after their (un)timely demises? And will Brown associate Nolanda Hill share the same fate as them and James McDougal?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (15777)	6/9/1998 12:43:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

I'm not familiar with all the facts. Seems to me the privilege ought to end at the grave but I see the other argument. After all once you are gone you are in a place where you really can't feel any of the effects of disclosure and the privilege is a personal matter.. As I understand it the counter argument is that some of the living won't feel free to talk to their lawyer if the privilege can be breached upon death. I can see how that would impact the aged and infirm seeking legal advice. Obviously you'd want to protect your own reputation, privacy, etc. and those of loved ones etc. even after death. We should not over value privileges however and remember that the truth matters. On the other hand, most privileges are not absolute. I'm not sure this case qualifies but it does seem to me it would have a very chilling effect on a gov't employee's conversations with counsel regarding a matter of which he may be innocent. On balance, I'd say based upon what I know of the matter, I'd leave the privilege intact as much as I suspect those notes would probably turn Hillary into "toast". JLA