ACFE Exam CFE-Law Topic 1 Question 22 Discussion

Actual exam question for ACFE's CFE-Law exam

Question #: 22
Topic #: 1

Bob receives a memorandum from his attorney that is protected by a legal professional privilege Bob emails the memorandum to a third party who has no need to know the information in the memorandum Which of the following statements is MOST ACCURATE?

ABob did not walve the privilege because the legal professional privilege belongs to the attorney, not the client

BBob might have waived the privilege because he transmitted the protected information to a third party who has no need to know the information

CBob might have waived the privilege because he used email to transmit the protected information.

DBob did not waive the privilege because the legal professional privilege cannot be waived by transmitting protected information to a third party

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Suggested Answer: D

by Graciela at Aug 05, 2023, 07:39 AM

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Maryann

16 days ago

I agree with Lai, the legal professional privilege cannot be waived by transmitting protected information.

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Lai

22 days ago

But I believe the answer is D.

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Theodora

24 days ago

I think the answer is B.

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