United States v. Ghavami

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JAMES C. FRANCIS IV, United States Magistrate Judge.

This criminal proceeding presents, among other issues, the question of whether, and under what circumstances, the attorney-client privilege and work product protection are forfeited1 when otherwise privileged communications are disclosed by an unwitting declarant to someone acting as a government cooperator. It also raises the problem of whether the privilege of a non-party may be breached in order to satisfy the government’s obligation to disclose to a criminal defendant evidence that casts doubt on the credibility of a…