The mutual trust and confidentiality that are the cornerstone of attorney-client privilege have been seriously undermined by the use of the currency transaction reporting requirements found in the Money Laundering Act. Other disclosure requirements have had a chilling effect on the constitutional rights guaranteed by the 5th, 6th, and 14th amendments. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Nix v. Whiteside rejects the notions that a client's perjurious notions or intentions are somehow protected and supports the premise that truth in the factfinding process must be give the highest priority. Similarly, the attorney-client privilege is of limited value in cases where the attorney is subpoenaed. For many clients, however, the purported assurances provided by the attorney-client privilege often represent the only certainty in our highly unpredictable system of justice. Dilution of the privilege through various demands for disclosure threatens to remove these assurances. 25 footnotes.