Subject: RE: CohenI found this at legal website:
Attorney-Client Privilege
Definition
A legal privilege that works to keep communications between an attorney and his or her client secret. The privilege is asserted in the face of a legal demand for the communications, such as a discovery request or a demand that the lawyer testify under oath. Contrast with attorney's duty of confidentiality.
Attorney's Duty of Confidentiality
Definition
The ethical duty of a lawyer not to affirmatively disclose information related to the representation of a client. Unlike the attorney-client privilege, the duty of confidentiality is in effect at all times, not just in the face of legal demands for client information.
Cohen's legal career is over. He needs to find a job at MSNBC or CNN bashing Trump or learn how to drive a Zamboni because, even if he is not disbarred, he will have a hard time finding clients. Who would hire a lawyer that secretly taped conversations with clients?
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