Mossback Fonseca

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Okay, this is really a question, but I thought I would ask it here, so that lots of cussing and vitriol might be spilled.

[QUOTE=“[Raw Story: Panama Papers release upcoming]
(The Panama Papers are about to be released online and power players are terrified - Raw Story)”]Mossack Fonseca on Thursday issued a “cease and desist” letter to the US-based ICIJ, saying putting up the information publicly would violate attorney-client privilege.
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So, somebody 'splain me this. For instance, I step into an attorney’s office to ask him something; he goes to the bookshelf to get the answer. I happen to notice a piece of paper on his desk that says that Rekcirb repeatedly stabbed his brother to death, written in Rekcirb’s own hand. So, if I take the stand in his trial and testify that I saw this paper, would I be somehow violating the attorney’s obligation to his client?

After all, it is the attorney whose job it is to keep mum. If I get him drunk and he starts babbling clients’ secrets, what is my duty to his clients (apart not getting him that drunk)?

Oh, and fuck Mossback Fonseca.

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Mossack.

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Huh. I wonder why I did that.

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Maybe one of the founding partners is a tree.

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You would probably not be allowed to testify at trial anything about Rekcirb stabbing anyone to death, as it would just be hearsay.

Suppose, that you published that Rekcirb did that, in some well-read forum like SDMB (where, of course, the real Rekcirb would see it). Suppose even, you had a secret mini-cam on your lapel and got a photo of the document in Rekcirb’s own hand and published that.

NOW, who’s guilty of what transgression?

What if, while the attorney was browsing through his bookshelf, you actually took that paper and quietly stuck it in your pocket, and got out with it before the attorney noticed?

ETA: IANRekcirb.