Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007

A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. agent or attorney, in any federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, from demanding, requesting, or conditioning treatment on the disclosure by an organization (or affiliated person) of any communication protected by the attorney-client privilege or any attorney work product.
Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from conditioning a civil or criminal charging decision relating to an organization (or affiliated person) on one or more specified actions, or from using one or more such actions as a factor in determining whether an organization or affiliated person is cooperating with the government.
Numbers among the actions a U.S. agent or attorney may not use as a charging decision condition or a cooperation-determining factor:
(1) any valid assertion of the attorney-client privilege or privilege for attorney work product;
(2) the provision of counsel to, or contribution to the legal defense fees or expenses of, an employee of the organization;
(3) entry into a joint-defense, information-sharing, or common-interest agreement with an employee of the organization if the organization determines it has a common interest in defending against the investigation or enforcement matter;
(4) the sharing of relevant information with an employee; or
(5) a failure to terminate an employee's employment, or otherwise sanction an employee, because of the employee's decision to exercise his or her constitutional rights or other legal protections in response to a government request.
Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from demanding or requesting that an organization or an affiliated person not take any such action.


... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

Sponsor

• Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
• and 11 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  close

Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.186

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget (Close help)

OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 04, 2007

Show All Actions (5 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Sep 18, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
• Jan 04, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Jan 04, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S181-183)
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.
• Jan 04, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S181-183)

---

Related Bills:

• H.R.3013

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Actions and defenses
• Attorney-client privilege
• Criminal investigation
• 7 more
• Evidence (Law)
• Federal employees
• Government attorneys
• Government employees
• Indictments
• Law
• Legal fees

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

February 08, 2008 New Memo Won't Ease Attorney-Client Privilege Concerns

4, Specter reintroduced the legislation as S. 186, the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007.) The DOJ's response to Specter's legislation was ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Law.com (subscription), CA

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

October 01, 2007 Record Number of General Counsel Charged in 2007

The Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007, S. 186, would bar all federal enforcement agencies from demanding or conditioning treatment on ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Law.com (subscription), CA

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

September 24, 2007 ABA Urges Senators to Bar Justice Department, Other Agencies, From ...

The ABA urged Congress to enact S.186, and its companion bill in the House of Representatives, HR 3013, the Attorney Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful news articles

Blog Coverage

August 07, 2008 Endlösung der Judenfrage II

Biographie eines Weltproblems Band 2, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-421-01963-0, S. 186; ↑ zitiert nach Cornelia Schmitz-Berning: Vokabular des Nationalsozialismus, Mouton de Gruyter, 1998, ISBN 3110133792, S. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: fossil

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

August 04, 2008 Daida - Catch us if you can

20.4 Fuchstal / E-Zeit, A-Zeit / Trainingsturnier / 5. im E / Bilder S.186 31.5 Buchloe / E-Stil / 6,3 / 7. 21.6 Kaufbeuren / E-Stil / 5-4 / -- 4.7 Fuchstal / E-Springen, A*-Springen, E-Dressur, Kreismeisterschaft. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Pferde: Reitforum.de

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

July 29, 2008 Leben - Sterben - Leben

Es stirbt in ein anderes Leben, das sich in ein anderes Sterben einlebt. Wir essen das sterbliche Leben, das uns verzehrt. Rose Ausländer: Hügel. aus äther. unwiderruflich. Gedichte und Prosa 1966 - 1975, Frankfurt: S. Fischer 1984, S. 186.

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Wiener Notizen

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

32 more posts...
See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: