Law firms rarely issue guidance to their lawyers on whether they can record phone calls without disclosing they are doing so to the other parties on the line.

In the wake of The Washington Post’s reporting that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, regularly taped phone calls, questions have arisen about the practice. Legal ethics experts say law firms probably should issue such guidelines, but few, if any, do.

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