It was a classic case of shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted. At the showcase debate on client privilege at the International Bar Association’s recent conference in San Francisco, a procession of senior European lawyers stepped up to call for a united front against attacks on client privilege.

One German lawyer even harked back to his country’s darkest days, citing how the public moved against the legal profession in Nazi Germany.

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