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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 10:33 am
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Originally Posted by Doppy
And what happens if they refuse to sign the form but search your bags?

I can't say that I think it's "just" for clients to get screwed like this because their attorneys were subject to an unreasonable search. And I suppose the same argument would thus apply to the clients themselves - if their bags were ever searched while carrying around secret documents, etc.
Technically speaking, depending on the mood of the judge you could have been found to have waived the privilege. What you are supposed to do is refuse the search and not fly in order to protect the privilege. Generally speaking after explaining to the supervisor why this is important I haven't run into much trouble having the supervisors sign it. Heck at MSP if I use one checkpoint (and crew) and they have to do the search they know the drill and just ask me for the paperwork. Its kind of funny when it happens, which isn't that often.

The situation isn't the best for attorneys. It is more a damned if we do, damned if we don't. We have to protect our client's interests, yet we have to go see them too.
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