Current Events > Someone keeping up with the Cohen search, Q for you...

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Why is Cohen required by the court to give up names of other clients?

If Cohen is being investigated for crimes that are backed by probable cause, sure search him. But why does he have to give names of other clients he had? What does that have to do with what he is being investigated for?
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i think Cohen's attorneys are claiming that the documents seized are attorney-client privilege

so the investigators are trying to prove otherwise by showing that cohen barely even has other clients
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I dont see why that is even a point of contention. Even if he actually did only have one client, he is still an attorney and that one client is entitled to attorney-client privilege.

And even if THAT was a justification I dont see why that information wasnt done in camera instead of blasting it out into the public.
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Iunno how old this is but it's like the first result in Google

https://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/jlp_files/issues_files/vol08/vol08art11.pdf

Generally, a'client's identity is not protected under the attor- ney-client pri~ilegeJ.~urisdictions use various rationales as a basis for this rule. Some courts simply don't consider a client's identity as privileged information.' Other courts hold that a client must be named when invoking the privilege in order to establish the attor- ney-client relation~hipR.~egardless of the rationale, most jurisdic- tions adhere to the general rule." However, the rule is not without exceptions. For instance, if so much information regarding an at- torney-client relationship has been revealed that disclosure of the client's identity would expose the entire communication, an attor- ney may refuse to disclose his client's identity.1 It has been held that if disclosure would subject the client to civil liability, such identity could be withheld." The same rule applies to disclosure that would subject the client to criminal liability for past crimes.la Of course, if the client's identity is expressed to the attorney as part of a confidential communication, it will be protected under the privilege.lSThus, a client's identity must fall under one of the above rules in order for it to be privileged.

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