3.0.0 4326 2023-01-11T13:16:56Z 2023-01-11T13:16:56Z House H HR 2009-12-16 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2010-04-26T19:41:05Z Referred to 2009-12-16T14:01:43Z Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 111 445 S 2009-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2010-04-26 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2009-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000185 Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2009-12-16 True S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2009-12-16 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2009-12-16 True D000210 Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10] Bill Delahunt D MA 10 2009-12-16 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2009-12-16 True L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2009-12-16 True Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Employee benefits and pensions Evidence and witnesses Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2009-12-16 Introduced in House 2010-01-20T15:48:09Z Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. agent or attorney, in any federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, from demanding, requesting, or conditioning treatment ("giving cooperation credit") on the disclosure by an organization (or affiliated person) of any communication protected by the attorney-client privilege or any attorney work product.

Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from conditioning a civil or criminal charging decision relating to an organization (or affiliated person) on one or more specified actions, or from using one or more such actions as a factor in determining whether an organization or affiliated person is cooperating with the government.

Numbers among the actions a U.S. agent or attorney may not use as a charging decision condition or a cooperation-determining factor: (1) any valid assertion of the attorney-client privilege or privilege for attorney work product; (2) the provision of counsel to, or contribution to the legal defense fees or expenses of, an employee of the organization; (3) entry into a joint-defense, information-sharing, or common-interest agreement with an employee of the organization if the organization determines it has a common interest in defending against the investigation or enforcement matter; (4) the sharing of relevant information with an employee; or (5) a failure to terminate an employee's employment, or otherwise sanction an employee, because of the employee's decision to exercise his or her constitutional rights or other legal protections in response to a government request.

Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from demanding or requesting that an organization or an affiliated person not take any such action.

]]> Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4326ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4326ih.xml 2010-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.