Attorneys May Suffer Consequences for Using Their Clients' Ill-Gotten Evidence
The allegations against attorney Taylor focused on her use and disclosure of the communications in the underlying custody modification—not on her playing a part in the interception of those communications.
May 18, 2022 at 07:25 PM
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Cases and CourtsOn May 6, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in Taylor v. Tolbert, No. 20-0727, (Tex. May. 6, 2022), deviating from its prior stance that "attorneys are generally immune from civil liability to nonclients for actions taken within the scope of legal representation if those actions involve 'the kind of conduct' attorneys engage in when discharging their professional duties to a client." In the past, the Texas Supreme Court focused on the type of activity that the attorney was engaged in, rather than on the purported criminal nature of the conduct. The court held that:
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