Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the sealed lawyer-client documents and electronic files could be unsealed and searched for mutual legal assistance purposes
Extrahierter Entscheid
The request lacked sufficient factual substantiation showing relevance to the Italian investigation and the law firm's possible involvement, so unsealing and search were denied.
Extrahierte Begründung
Attorney files and electronic data are protected by professional secrecy. In MLAT cases, the requesting authority must at least plausibly show the material's relevance and why the law office may be implicated; a vague reference to contacts with a 'subversive' group is insufficient, especially for a broad seizure of a law firm's secretariat and servers.