Law Practice
Mar. 11, 2017
State Bar should issue opinion on client data and travel
When reentering the U.S., Customs and Border Protection officers can detain you for a number of different reasons. It doesn't matter if you're an American citizen or a lawyer, you can be subject to "random searches."
Mark A. Larouche
Byrne & Nixon LLP
888 W 6th St Ste 1100
Los Angeles , CA 90017-2739
Email: marklarouche@byrnenixon.com
U North Carolina Law School
Mark A. Larouche is a former law fellow at Harvard Law School's Houston Institute and currently an associate at Byrne & Nixon LLP in Los Angeles. His practice primarily focuses on white collar criminal defense
When reentering the U.S., Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers can detain you for a number of different reasons. It doesn't matter if you're an American citizen or a lawyer, you can be subject to "random searches." So what happens when CBP officers want to search a lawyer's electronic device that contains confidential/privileged client information, and what can a lawyer do to protect that information?
Generally, Americans have protection under the Fourth Amendment from unreas...
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