Attorney Client Privilege and Pennsylvania Government Agencies
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

In a recent unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a government agency cannot assert lawyer-client privilege to protect records when the state attorney general considers those records necessary to fulfill his duties.   The Court went on to say that when the attorney general’s office looks into suspected wrongdoing at a state agency, the actual client of the agency’s lawyers is the public, not the agency’s employees.   The Court agreed with the state prosecutors who argued that government lawyers have special duties to act in the public interest and address wrongful official acts.

 

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