A Modest Proposal to Address the Costs of the Attorney-Client Privilege

I doubt that there are cows more sacred than the attorney-client privilege. I also doubt that many other litigated matters clamor as repeatedly and as insistently for adjudication. I even doubt that any other adjudicated matter regularly devours more attorney time and judicial resources. And I doubt that all the resources spent on adjudicating and allegedly protecting that sacred cow are well spent. Hence a modest proposal: Make all privilege-protected documents discoverable. Adjudicate only whether any privilege-protected document will be admissible into evidence.