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51 Fla. L. Rev. 695 (1999)
Should the Federal Government Have an Attorney-Client Privilege

handle is hein.journals/uflr51 and id is 707 raw text is: NOTE SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE AN ATrORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE? Bryan S. Gowdy L INTRODUCION ...................................... 696 IL BACKGROUND ....................................... 697 A. Policy and Scope of the Privilege ..................... 697 B. The Privilege for Entity Clients ....................... 700 1. Issues for Entity Clients .......................... 700 2. Federal Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege .......... 702 Mi. HISTORY AND SCOPE OFTHE GOVERNMENTAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE .......................... 705 A. Origins of the Governmental Attorney-Client Privilege .... 706 1. Freedom of Information Act ....................... 706 2. Supreme Court FOIA Cases ....................... 709 B. Lower Court Development of the Governmental Attorney-Client Privilege ............................ 710 1. The Client Issue ................................ 710 2. The Confidentiality Issue ......................... 712 3. The Encouragement Issue ......................... 714 4. Summary ...................................... 717 C. Other Privileges ................................... 717 IV. ARGUMENTS AGAINST A GOVERNMENTAL ATORNEY-CLENT PRviLEGE .......................... 718 A. The Encouragement Issue ........................... 719 B. Open Government ................................. 720 C. Legislative History ................................. 721 V. CONCLUSION ........................................ 721 * I dedicate this Note to my wife, Barbara, for her infinite love, support, and patience through the many months, weeks, and days of separation; and to my parents, David and Valerie, for teaching me so many things.

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