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U.S. border searches of e-devices: NYC bar advises on confidentiality duty

By Karen Rubin on August 10, 2017
Posted in Competence, Confidentiality, Privilege

Travelling abroad for work?  What should you do if a Customs and Border Patrol agent, claiming lawful authority, demands that you unlock your computer or thumb drive or cell phone — full of client confidential information — and hand it over to be searched as you cross the U.S. border?

A New York City bar…

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