In the Matter of Witnesses Before the Special March 1980 Grand Jury. Appeal of United States of America

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• remanding to district court for determination of whether attorney-client privilege protected disclosure of billing sheets or time sheets
• government entitled to fee information from former attorneys pursuant to its investigation of continuing criminal enterprises
• courts “apply the privilege only where disclosure of the client’s identity or fees would in fact have revealed the substance of what were indubitably confidential communications”
• view that disclosure of incriminating fee information is required unless disclosure reveals other, confidential information is \dictated by the purpose of the privilege--to encourage full and free disclosure by clients to their lawyers\
• view that disclosure of incriminating fee information is required unless disclosure reveals other, confidential information is “dictated by the purpose of the privilege—to encourage full and free disclosure by clients to their lawyers”
• “. . . information about a known client's fees is privileged only if, under the circumstances, its disclosure would in effect reveal confidential communications between the attorney and client.”

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