Clara Paralegal is taking some routine information from a new client (Mr. Deal) when Deal suddenly opens his briefcase and shows her a handgun. He says: "This is the gun I used to kill my wife. I'm on my way to my bank to hide it in a safe deposit box." Clara says: "That's not a very smart place to hide it. It's the first place the police usually look! Give it to me and I'll hide it some place
where they will never look and, as I won't tell you where it is, you have plausible deniability." Clara has
A) committed an act of ex parte communication.
B) aided in the secreting or hiding of evidence and committed a crime.
C) acted within the course and scope of her job so long as she checks with her supervising lawyer.
D) acted within the course and scope of her job because the gun is attorney/client privileged.
B
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