Now that cellphones and laptops are routinely seized and scrutinized in just about every white collar case, we can assume that the authorities will also have frequent access to private communications between the subject of an investigation and his or her spouse. As the recent prosecutions of numerous high profile Hollywood parents in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case vividly demonstrate, such discussions can themselves pose enormous risk, let alone raise concerns about invasion of domestic privacy. In light of these developments, defense practitioners should re-acquaint themselves with the basic parameters of the marital communications privilege.