{"id":12894,"date":"2018-02-01T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=12894"},"modified":"2018-02-08T03:52:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:52:39","slug":"last-link-doctrine-the-rule-that-an-attorney-need-not-divulge-nonprivileged-information-if-doing-so-would-reveal-information-protected-by-the-attorney-client-privilege-especially-if-the-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=12894","title":{"rendered":"Last-Link Doctrine – the rule that an attorney need not divulge nonprivileged information protected by the attorney-client privilege, especially if it could lead to indictment or conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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last-link doctrine<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n (1985)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The rule that an attorney need not divulge nonprivileged information if doing so would reveal information protected by the attorney-client privilege, particularly if the information would provide essential evidence to support indicting or convicting the client of a crime.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This doctrine is often relied on as an exception to the rule that a client’s identity is not privileged.\u00a0 For example, if divulging the client’s name would supply the last link of evidence to indict or convict that client, the attorney need not disclose the client’s name.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/span><\/em><\/a> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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