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CHAPTER 3

Case Questions

1. Were the first conversations between Alter and Bukchin confidential? Were they covered by the attorney/client privilege?
2. How about the conversations between Bukchin and the Storch Amini firm? Confidential? Privileged? What was the court’s logic on this?
3. Were the conversations between Bukchin and Shame (the pun just cannot be avoided!) confidential? Privileged? Why? What was missing?

Case Questions

1. What was Elkind’s argument?
2. To whom did Knox owe a duty of confidentiality?
3. What was Knox’s defense ?
4. How was the case resolved?

Case Questions

1. What is a writ of prohibition? It’s mentioned in the first and last sentences of the case.
2. What is the purpose of the attorney/client privilege?
3. What is the effect of having an outsider present when an attorney and client are speaking to each other?
4. In the case of a corporation, who is an outsider?
5. What is the work product privilege, and why is it relevant in this case?