In Re Grand Jury Appearance of Alvin S. Michaelson, Esquire

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• stating that under Ninth Circuit law, fee agreements generally fall outside the scope of the attorney-client privilege
• “This Court does not intend to and cannot, issue an advisory opinion on a hypothetical fact situation.”
• “[I]t would be constitu- tionally improper for us to reach this question since the issue lacks the necessary facts to make it concrete.”
• “The basis for exercise of this ancillary jurisdiction is the responsibility of the court to protect its officers ... and the power of the court ‘to do full and complete justice.’ ”
• but see n. 1 at 885, which distinguishes this case
• “[I]n the absence of unusual circumstances, the fact of a retainer, the identity of the client, the conditions of employment and the amount of the fee and who paid it do not come within the privilege of attorney-client relationship.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).