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Evidence-Privilege-Extension Of Attorney-Client Privilege To Administrative Practitioners, Richard W. Pogue S.Ed.
Evidence-Privilege-Extension Of Attorney-Client Privilege To Administrative Practitioners, Richard W. Pogue S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In an action for rescission for transfer of patent rights, for breach of warranty of title and fraud, a pretrial examination of defendant's agent, as one familiar with facts concerning the transfer, was ordered by the court. Defendant objected to certain questions on the ground that the agent was in the status of attorney to defendant and that the matters in question were confidential communications protected from disclosure by the common law and statutory attorney-client privilege. The agent was a patent agent duly registered and authorized to practice as such before the United States Patent Office, but was not admitted …
Evidence-Privileged Communication-Extension Of The Privilege To Communication Involving Agents, C. J. Rice S. Ed.
Evidence-Privileged Communication-Extension Of The Privilege To Communication Involving Agents, C. J. Rice S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Within certain limitations, the law immunizes confidential communications made to an attorney, spouse or physician from compulsory disclosure at subsequent judicial proceedings. Frequently, as in the above hypothetical situations, the subject matter of a communication is voluntarily disclosed to a third person for transmittal to the ultimately intended recipient. The third person may be the agent of either of the primary parties. Does this disclosure remove it from the privileged classification, notwithstanding the fact that the parties may still have intended the information to be confidential? It is the purpose of this comment, first, to examine the extent to which …